In 1896 Theodor Herzl published Der Judenstaat ( The Jewish State ), in which he asserted that the solution to growing antisemitism in Europe ( the so-called " Jewish Question ") was to establish a Jewish state.

; 1896: After covering the trial and aftermath of Captain Dreyfus and witnessing the associated mass anti-semitic rallies in Paris, which included chants, " Death to Jews ", Jewish-Austro-Hungarian journalist Theodor Herzl writes Der Judenstaat ( The Jewish State ) advocating the creation of a Jewish state.

*“ Vianna da Motta, Nachtrag zu Studien bei Hans von Bülow von Theodor Pfeiffer, Berlin-Leipzig 1896 ,” Die Zeit, Band 6 ( 1896 ), p. 146.

He had ten children, including five sons, Henry ( 1818 – 1855 ), Ernest ( 1819 – 1903 ), Karl ( 1821 – 1887 ), Georg ( 1824 – 1896 ) and Theodor ( 1832 – 1892 ).

One source describes these effects as, “ The emancipation of the Jews brought forth two opposed movements: the cultural assimilation, begun by Moses Mendelssohn, and Zionism, founded by Theodor Herzl in 1896 .”

In 1896 the scholars François Nau and Theodor Nöldeke demonstrated independently that Assemani's attribution of the text to Dionysius was mistaken.

Hendrik Witbooi ( Namaqua chief ) | Hendrik Witbooi with the German governor Theodor Leutwein of South West Africa ( toasting to each other ), 1896.

In 1896, one month before Theodor Herzl published his magnum opus, Der Judenstaat, Szold described her vision of a Jewish state in Palestine as a place to ingather Diaspora Jewry and revive Jewish culture.

Theodor Leutwein Toast ( honor ) | toasting Hendrik Witbooi ( Namaqua chief ) | Hendrik Witbooi in 1896.

Der Judenstaat ( German, " The State of the Jews ", also sometimes translated as " The Jewish State ") is a book written by Theodor Herzl and published in 1896 in Leipzig and Vienna by M. Breitenstein's Verlags-Buchhandlung.

Joseph Michael Uhl and Julius Bär joined in 1896, when Theodor Grob left.

The movement was to achieve momentum under the leadership of an Austrian-Jewish journalist, Theodor Herzl, who published his pamphlet Der Judenstaat (" The Jewish State ") in 1896.

In 1896 the Grand Duke met Theodor Herzl ( the founder of political Zionism ) via the their mutual acquaintance the reverend William Hechler, and helped Herzl in obtaining an audience with his nephew, the German Emperor.

Soon afterward, Herzl wrote Der Judenstaat ( The Jewish State, 1896 ) and founded the World Zionist Organization, which called for the creation of a Jewish State in Palestine.

; 1896 – 1904: Herzl, with the help of William Hechler, unsuccessfully approaches world leaders for assistance in the creation of a Jewish National Home but creates political legitimacy for the movement.

" Herzl appears to have introduced the phrase " anti-Semite of Jewish origin " in his 1896 book, Der Judenstaat ( The Jews ' State ), which launched political Zionism.

In 1896, he married Martha Mayer-Doss ( 1877 – 1946 ) whose father was Jewish.

The following year ( 1896 ) he participated in the Vilna Conference, where Rabbis and community leaders discussed issues such as: genuine Jewish education ; permission for Jewish children not to attend public school on Shabbat ; the creation of a united Jewish organization for the purpose of strengthening Judaism.

Still staying within London in 1896 Lily Montagu contacted young Jewish people from Eastern European families in the east end and set up an organisation called Children's Synagogue Services.

Lisette, Marquise de Brinon ( 1896 – 26 March 1982 ) was best known as the Jewish wife of the pro-Nazi French collaborator, Fernand de Brinon.

Jack White was born Jacob Weiss in Leeds, Yorkshire, on 23 December 1896 into a Jewish family.

All SS officers had to prove racial purity back to 1750, and it turned out that Maurice had Jewish ancestry – Charles Maurice Schwartzenberger ( 1805 – 1896 ), the founder of Thalia Theater in Hamburg, was his great-grandfather.

Lilyan Tashman ( October 23, 1896 – March 21, 1934 ) was a Brooklyn-born Jewish American vaudeville, Broadway, and film actress.

The ZOA was initially founded in 1896 as the Federation of American Zionists ( FAZ ), an amalgam of Hebrew societies, Chovevei Zionists and Jewish nationalist clubs that all endorsed the Basle programme.

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

* 1967 – Léo-Paul Desrosiers, French Canadian journalist and novelist ( b. 1896 )

* May 8 – Uri Zvi Grinberg, Israeli poet and journalist ( b. 1896 )

* August 30 – Marcelo H. del Pilar, Filipino writer and journalist ( d. 1896 )

* June 26 – Thomas W. Knox, American author and journalist ( d. 1896 )

* Job de Roincé ( 1896 – 1981 ), French journalist and writer

Mao Dun ( July 4, 1896 – March 27, 1981 ) was the pen name of Shen Dehong ( Shen Yanbing ), a 20th century Chinese novelist, cultural critic, and journalist.

Maurine Dallas Watkins ( July 27, 1896 – August 10, 1969 ) was an American journalist and playwright.

** Henry Sturmey ( 1857 – 1930 ) 1896 – 1899 journalist, Autocar and Motor, chairman of Daimler

Arthur Kenneth Chesterton MC ( 1896 – 16 August 1973 ) was a far right-wing politician and journalist who helped found right-wing organisations in Britain, primarily in opposition to the break-up of the British Empire, and later adopting a broader anti-immigration stance.

Born in Woodstock, Ontario, Pattullo's early career was as a journalist with two newspapers in Ontario: the Woodstock Sentinel in the 1890s, and as editor of the Galt Reformer in 1896.

William Wilberforce Still ( 1854 – 1914 ) graduated from Lincoln University and subsequently practiced law in Philadelphia ; Robert George Still ( 1861 – 1896 ), was a journalist who owned a print shop on Pine at 11th Street in central Philadelphia and Frances Ellen Still ( 1857 – 1930 ) became a kindergarten teacher ( she was named after poet Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, who lived with the Stills before her marriage ).

* December 9 – Elmore Philpott, journalist and politician ( b. 1896 )

Alessandro ( Sandro ) Pertini (; 25 September 1896 – 24 February 1990 ) was an Italian journalist and socialist politician, who served as the seventh President of the Italian Republic, from 1978 to 1985.

The use of " marbellí " as a gentilic was popularised by the writer and journalist Victor de la Serna ( 1896 – 1958 ), who wrote a series of documentary articles on " The Navy of Andalucía "; in his research he had come upon the Historia de Málaga y Su Provincia ( History of Málaga and the Province ) by Francisco Guillén Robles, who used the word to designate the Muslim inhabitants of Marbella.

*( 1896 – 1970 ) Juan Czajkowski, Polish-Argentine journalist based in Posadas, capital of Misiones province where, for many years, he edited Polish-language newspaper, Orędownik

Edgar Wilson " Bill " Nye ( August 25, 1850 – February 22, 1896 ) was a distinguished American journalist, who later became widely known as a humorist.

In 1896, he became a journalist working for the Catholic Centre party's Stuttgart publication Deutsches Volksblatt.

Raymond William Postgate ( 6 November 1896 – 29 March 1971 ) was an English socialist, journalist and editor, social historian, mystery novelist and gourmet.

* Evadne Price ( 1896 / 1901 – 1985 ), British freelance journalist, columnist, author, playwright, actor, television presenter, screenwriter, and astrologer

After a career as a journalist, lawyer and law professor he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1896 election as a Liberal.

Philippe Barrès ( 8 July 1896, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine – 14 April 1975 ) was a French journalist and the son of Maurice Barrès.

* Milena Jesenská ( 1896 – 1944 ), Czech journalist and translator, friend of Franz Kafka