11 events found for 1896
Naser al-Din, Shah of Iran, is assassinated in Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine by Mirza Reza Kermani, a follower of Jamal al-Din
The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v
Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nich
Nicholas II is crowned as the last Tsar of Imperial Russia
Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average
Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph
Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile and also gives it a successful test run
One of the deadliest tsunamis in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people
An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that ki
William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National…