January 1896 in History

Events in History

Jan 1 German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen announces his discovery of x-rays

Jan 2 Battle at Doornkop, South Africa (Boers beat Dr Jamesons troops)
Jan 3 Emperor Wilhelm congratulates President Kruger on the Jameson Raid
Jan 4 Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah admitted as 45th state
Jan 5 "Die Presse" newspaper (Germany) publicly announces Wilhelm Röntgen's discovery of X-rays and their potential for new methods of medical diagnoses in a front-page article

Jan 6 Cecil Rhodes resigns as premier of Cape colony

Jan 7 Fannie Farmer publishes her first cookbook "The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book"
Jan 12 1st X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC)
Jan 15 Henry Arthur Jones' "Michael & his Lost Angel" premieres in London
Jan 16 Defeat of Cymru Fydd at South Wales Liberal Federation AGM, Newport, Monmouthshire.
Jan 18 1st demonstration of an X-ray machine in US (NYC)
Jan 18 British troops occupy Kumasi, West Africa
Jan 23 Edward Macdowell's 2nd Suite in E premieres
Jan 27 Tasmania bowl out Victoria for 65 for their 1st ever innings victory
Jan 29 American Emile Grubbe is the first doctor to use radiation treatment for breast cancer

Jan 2 Dziga Vertov [Denis Kaufman], Russian director and film theorist (Man with a Movie Camera, Sjagai, Soviet!), born in Białystok, Russian Empire (d. 1954)
Jan 2 Sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982)
Jan 3 Joe Falcaro, American bowler (National Match Game champion 1929-33), born in Lawrence, New York (d. 1951)
Jan 4 Everett Dirksen, American politician (Sen-R-Ill) (d. 1969)
Jan 5 Hendrik Algra, Dutch teacher, journalist, historian, and politician (ARP), born in Hurdegaryp, Netherlands (d. 1982)
Jan 6 Abram Nicholas Pritzker, American businessman (Hyatt Hotels, McCall's magazine), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1986)
Jan 6 Freerk Siemon Wolters, Dutch resistance fighter, born in Zuidwolde, Netherlands (d. 1945)
Jan 8 Arthur Ford, American psychic (d. 1971)
Jan 8 Manuel Rojas, Chilean writer (Men of the South), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1973)
Jan 12 David Wechsler, American psychologist (d. 1981)
Jan 14 John dos Passos, American novelist (1919, Big Money, 42nd Parallel), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1970)
Jan 18 C. M. Eddy, Jr., American writer, born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 1967)
Jan 18 Hans H. Holm, Norwegian poet (Jonsoknatt), born in Oslo, Norway (d. 1980)
Jan 23 Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1919-64), born in Berg Castle, Luxembourg (d. 1985)
Jan 25 John Moores, British businessman, born in Lancashire, England (d. 1993)
Jan 31 Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician (d. 1966)

Jan 1 1st Filipino President Emilio Aguinaldo (26) weds first wife Hilaria del Rosario

Jan 1 Alfred Ely Beach, American inventor, dies at 69
Jan 4 Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821)
Jan 8 Paul Verlaine, French lyric poet (Sagesse; Clair de lune; Hombres), dies at 51
Jan 8 William Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)
Jan 11 Francis Channing Barlow, American lawyer, Union general (US Civil War, meet with General John Brown Gordon at Gettysburg), dies from infuenza complications at 62
Jan 15 Matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72
Jan 18 Charles Floquet, French statesman and 44th Prime Minister of France, dies at 67
Jan 20 Graciano López Jaena, Filipino journalist (La Solidaridad), orator, social reformist, and national hero, dies of tuberculosis at 39
Jan 20 Henry von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Queen Victoria, dies at 37
Jan 25 Frans Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68
Jan 25 Frederic Leighton, President of the Royal Academy (1878-96), dies