* Henri de Lubac ( 1896 – 1991 ), Jesuit and theologian

* William Richard Williams ( 1896 – 1962 ) — theologian

* William Richard Williams ( theologian ) ( 1896 – 1962 ), theologian and principal of the United Theological College Aberystwyth

* Heinrich Maria Waldmann ( 1811 – 1896 ), theologian and teacher in Heiligenstadt, a representative in the Frankfurt Parliament of 1848 / 49.

* John Seldon Whale ( 1896 – 1997 ), United Reformed church minister and theologian ( ODNB entry )

* 1896 – A. J. Cronin, Scottish writer ( d. 1981 )

Hundreds of open clusters were listed in the New General Catalogue, first published in 1888 by the Danish-Irish astronomer J. L. E. Dreyer, and the two supplemental Index Catalogues, published in 1896 and 1905.

* January 6 – A. J. Cronin, Scottish novelist ( b. 1896 )

Vivekananda left for India on 16 December 1896 from England with his disciples, Captain and Mrs. Sevier, and J. J. Goodwin.

The main developer of the Arts and Crafts style was William Morris ( 1834 – 1896 ), although the term " Arts and Crafts " was not coined until 1887, when it was first used by T. J. Cobden Sanderson.

First published in 1896 by J.

Mrs J. C. Gorham produced three such works, Gulliver's Travels in words of one syllable ( 1896 ), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland retold in words of one syllable ( 1905 ), and Black Beauty retold in words of one syllable ( 1905 ).

* A. J. Cronin – ( 1896 – 1981 ), Scottish novelist

By 1896, with financing from moguls like J. P. Morgan, John Jacob Astor IV, and the Vanderbilts, they had constructed giant underground conduits leading to turbines generating upwards of, and were sending power as far as Buffalo, away.

It was farmland from 1813 until the 1970s, eventually some of it was owned by James J. Douglas from 1896 until his death in 1917.

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.

* William J. Collins ( 1896 – 1970 ), president of St. Ambrose University

Joel B. Peck, H. A. Cook ; 1879, William Moul ; 1880, C. Snyder ; 1881, Albert Kilmer ; 1882, Ezra W. Knowlton ; 1883, William Moul ; 1884, B. J. L. Sliter ; 1885, Albert Kilmer ; 1885, A. H. Cipperly ( appointed to fill, vacancy ); 1886, A. H. Cipperly ; 1887, Addison P. Lape ; 1888, C. Snyder ; 1889, Albert Kilmer ; 1890, Addison P. Lape ; 1891, Addison TJline ; 1892, E. M. Gregory, Le Grand M. Turner ( appointed to fill vacancy ); 1893, Sanford B. Horton ; 1894, Le Grand M. Turner ; 1895, Addison Uline ; 1896, Aipheus Bailey.

It was adopted June 2, 1896, as an incorporated village, with Christian Buck as Chairman ; Dr. A. A. Flaten and J. E.

Wilmerding's most notable historic structure is the Westinghouse Air Brake Company General Office Building ( 1889 – 1890, rebuilt 1896 ), designed by Frederick J. Osterling and now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The first electric starter was installed on an Arnold ( automobile ), an adaptation of the Benz Velo, built 1896 in East Peckham, England by electrical engineer H. J. Dowsing.

* Mora, Carl J., Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society 1896 – 2004.

A barge called Wissey was operated by J Coston from Hilgay, which was known to have reached Cambridge in 1896 and 1898.

In 1896 J. S. Holden began publishing a weekly newspaper, the Post.

Colonial government official J. Rozet, a Indo people | Indo Eurasian, in negotiation with tribal chiefs ( Rote Island | Roti Islanders ), Pariti, Timor, 1896.

In September 1896 reference to the English edition was dropped, and it was published as the Fourteenth Edition, edited by Bern B. Gallaudet, F. J. Brockway, and J. P. McMurrich, who also edited the Fifteenth Edition ( October 1901 ).

Consequently, on October 31, 1896, Mrs. King wrote to Thompson, quite against her daughter's wishes, asking him not to `` recommence a correspondence which I believe has been dropped for some weeks ''.

If, as Reid says, `` nearly all his poetry was produced when he was not taking opium '', there may be some reason to doubt that he was under its influence in the period from 1896 to 1900 when he was writing the poems to Katie King and making plans for another book of verse.

From 1896 until 1910 John H. Whipple was manager of Western Union at the Center in the drugstore he purchased from Clark Wait.

No records are available as to the date or extent of installation, but it may have been in 1896.

In 1896 a Japanese tsunami killed 27,000 people and swept away 10,000 homes.

On the fateful day in 1896 when the great waves approached Japan, fishermen at sea noticed no unusual swells.

At the Fifteenth Anniversary ( 1896 ) as already quoted, Miss Upton projected with force and eloquence the Spelman of the Future as a college of first rank, with expanding and unlimited horizons.

The Murray Co. of Texas, Inc., originated in Dallas in 1896.

* In 1896 Frank Samuelsen and George Harbo from Norway became the first people to ever row across the Atlantic Ocean.

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

Suffering from angina, Nobel died at home, of a cerebral haemorrhage in 1896.

Though her personal contact with Alfred Nobel had been brief, she corresponded with him until his death in 1896, and it is believed that she was a major influence in his decision to include a peace prize among those prizes provided in his will.

* The Philippines celebrates National Heroes Day in commemoration of the First Cry of the Philippine Revolution on August 23, 1896.

* 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 )

Schweitzer saw many operas of Richard Wagner at Straßburg ( under Otto Lohse ), and in 1896 he pulled together the funds to visit Bayreuth to see Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen and Parsifal, and was deeply affected.

But England dominated, winning the next three series to 1896 despite continuing player disputes.

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.