Alfred Bernhard Nobel ( äl ' fred bern ' härd nōbel ') () ( 21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896 ) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer.

* 1896 – In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1, 500 years after the original games are banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I.

* 1896 – Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.

* 1896 – Hans List, Austrian inventor and entrepreneur ( d. 1996 )

* 1896 – Reverend Gary Davis, American singer and guitarist ( d. 1972 )

* 1896 – Anglo-Zanzibar War: the shortest war in world history ( 09: 00 to 09: 45 ) between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.

* 1896 – Faina Ranevskaya, Russian actress ( d. 1984 )

* 1844 – James Henry Greathead, English engineer ( d. 1896 )

* 1896 – Erich Hückel, German physicist ( d. 1980 )

* 1896 – Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist ( d. 1980 )

In 1896 England under the captaincy of W G Grace won the series 2 – 1, and this marked the end of England's longest period of Ashes dominance.

* 1896 – Lorenzo Herrera, Venezuelan singer and composer ( d. 1960 )

* 1988 – Jim Jordan, American actor ( b. 1896 )

* 1896 – Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author ( d. 1953 )

* 1896 – Pat Clayton, English surveyor and explorer ( d. 1962 )

* 1896 – Tristan Tzara, Romanian poet and essayist ( d. 1963 )

* 1896 – Gerty Cori, Austrian biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1957 )

* 1896 – Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist ( d. 1985 )

* 1896 – Léon Theremin, Russian inventor, invented the Theremin ( d. 1993 )

* 1896 – Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.

* 1896 – Officially recognised date of the Cry of Pugad Lawin, the start of the Philippine Revolution is made in Pugad Lawin ( Quezon City ), in the province of Manila ( actual date and location is disputed ).

* 1896 – Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.

* 1850 – Marcelo H. del Pilar, Filipino writer, journalist, and revolutionary ( d. 1896 )

* 1896 – Raymond Massey, Canadian actor ( d. 1983 )

The spring of 1896 saw the publication, in Paul Fort's review Le Livre d ' art, of Jarry's 5-act play Ubu Roi — the rewritten and expanded Les Polonais of his school days.

He took up filmmaking in 1896, and after making imitations of other films from Edison, Lumière, and Robert Paul, he made Escamotage d ' un dame chez Robert-Houdin ( The Vanishing Lady ).

* March 30 – Paul Verlaine, French poet ( d. 1896 )

* Paul Arène ( 1843 – 1896 ), born in Sisteron, wrote about life and the countryside around his home town.

Wherever " decadence " had taken hold, there he could be found. Aubrey Beardsley: " The Death of Pierrot ", The Savoy ( periodical ) | The Savoy, August 1896. Paul Hoecker: Pierrots with Pipes, c. 1900.

Image: Paul Gauguin 110. jpg | Self-portrait, 1896, São Paulo Museum of Art

It was mostly removed to the Church of St Peter & St Paul, Cromer in 1896, the remainder being kept for incorporation in the new abbey organ.

It is dedicated to Paul Vidal, and had its first performance in January 1896, under the direction of the dedicatee.

The Jameson Raid ( 29 December 1895 – 2 January 1896 ) was a botched raid on Paul Kruger's Transvaal Republic carried out by a British colonial statesman Leander Starr Jameson and his Rhodesian and Bechuanaland policemen over the New Year weekend of 1895 – 96.

Cecilia is the birthplace of several Louisiana political figures: state Representative and House Speaker Robert Joseph " Bob " Angelle ( 1896 – 1979 ), former Secretary of State of Louisiana and Lieutenant Governor Paul J. Hardy ( born 1942 ), and former state Representative Jesse J. Guidry, who became the director of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

Most famous Belgian authors are: Guido Gezelle ( 1830 – 1899 ), Emile Verhaeren ( 1855 – 1916 ), Max Elskamp ( 1862 – 1931 ), Maurice Maeterlinck ( 1862 – 1949 ), Paul van Ostaijen ( 1896 – 1926 ), Henri Michaux ( French born and educated in Belgium, 1899 – 1984 ) and Jacques Brel ( 1929 – 1978 ) and prose writers: Hendrik Conscience ( 1812 – 1883 ), Charles de Coster ( 1827 – 1879 ), Willem Elsschot ( 1882 – 1960 ), Michel de Ghelderode ( 1898 – 1962 ), Georges Simenon 1903-1989, Louis Paul Boon ( 1912 – 1979 ), Hugo Claus ( 1929 – 2008 ), Pierre Mertens ( born in 1939 ) Ernest Claes ( 1885 – 1968 ), and, Amélie Nothomb ( born in 1967 ).

Paul Verlaine died in Paris at the age of 51 on 8 January 1896 ; he was buried in the Cimetière des Batignolles ( he was first buried in the 20th division, but his grave was moved to the 11th division-on the round about, a much better location-when the Boulevard Périphérique was built ).

Valadon's 1896 marriage to stockbroker Paul Moussis ended in 1909 when she left him for painter André Utter, who was half her age ,.

Later that year Frick remarried, to Margarete Schultze-Naumburg ( 1896 – 1960 ), the former wife of Paul Schultze-Naumburg.

Through late 1896 and 1897, Smuts toured South Africa, furiously condemning Great Britain, Rhodes and anyone opposed to the Transvaal President, Paul Kruger.

The combination of instruments is unusual, but not without precedent: Walter Rabl had composed for it in 1896, as had Paul Hindemith in 1938.

Paul C. Ransom, an educator and New York lawyer, opened Pine Knot Camp in 1896 as a school for boys.

While not re-elected, McGill remained active in politics, supporting the presidential candidacy of Cushman K. Davis ( 1896 ) and serving as state senator from the 37th District, St. Paul ( 1899 – 1905 ).

Paul Mayerhoff lived in this tent for six months in 1896 at the beginning of his Call as a Wisconsin Synod missionary to the Apache.

* The Apostle Paul ( 3rd ed., 1896 )

Although the four railroads shared common ownership ( including the headquarters building in Saint Paul, Minnesota ) from the days of the James J. Hill era, the four railroads previously have unsuccessfully attempted four mergers to unify the Hill Lines: 1896, 1901, 1927 and 1955.

* Paul Schützenberger ( 1882 – 1896 ), member of the French Academy of Sciences

# Alfred Allen Paul Curtis ( 1897 – 1908 ) retired as Bishop emeritus of Wilmington ( bishop of Wilmington, 1886 – 1896 )