1896
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1860s 1870s 1880s – 1890s – 1900s 1910s 1920s |
| Years: | 1893 1894 1895 – 1896 – 1897 1898 1899 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1896 MDCCCXCVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2649 |
| Armenian calendar | 1345 ԹՎ ՌՅԽԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6646 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 52–53 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1817–1818 |
| Bengali calendar | 1303 |
| Berber calendar | 2846 |
| British Regnal year | 59 Vict. 1 – 60 Vict. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2440 |
| Burmese calendar | 1258 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7404–7405 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 4592 or 4532 — to — 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 4593 or 4533 |
| Coptic calendar | 1612–1613 |
| Discordian calendar | 3062 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1888–1889 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5656–5657 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1952–1953 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1817–1818 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4996–4997 |
| Holocene calendar | 11896 |
| Igbo calendar | 896–897 |
| Iranian calendar | 1274–1275 |
| Islamic calendar | 1313–1314 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiji 29 (明治２９年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1825–1826 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4229 |
| Minguo calendar | 16 before ROC 民前16年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 428 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2438–2439 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) 2022 or 1641 or 869 — to — 阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 2023 or 1642 or 870 |
1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1896th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 896th year of the 2nd millennium, the 96th year of the 19th century, and the 7th year of the 1890s decade. As of the start of 1896, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
[change | change source]- The first modern Olympic Games takes place in Athens.
- Alden J. Blethen buys The Seattle Times.
- On January 4, Utah became a state in the United States.
Births
[change | change source]- February 9 – Alberto Vargas – Pin-up artist
- May 30 - Howard Hawks, American director (d. 1977)
- August 27 – Miyazawa Kenji Japanese poet, writer of children's literature
- September 21- Walter Breuning, among the oldest people