1896

18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1790s - 1800s - 1810s - 1820s - 1830s - 1840s - 1850s - 1860s - 1870s - 1880s - 1890s - 1900s

1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901

Events

• February 11 - Oscar Wilde's play "Salomé" premieres in Paris.
• Beginning of Summer Olympic Games by Pierre Fredi, Baron de Coubertin
• First Summer Olympic Games in Athens,Greece

Births

• February 11 - [Else Lasker-Schuler]?, writer

Deaths

• May 20: [Clara Schumann]?, Austrian composer
• October 11: [Anton Bruckner]?, Austrian composer
• Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite and creator of the Nobel Prize