WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MARCH 1896
Find out what all happened January to March 1896

Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. (4. January 1896)

Prime Minister Francesco Crispi resigns following the Italian defeat at the Battle of Adowa. (9. March 1896)

Defeat of Cymru Fydd at South Wales Liberal Federation AGM, Newport, Monmouthshire. (16. January 1896)

A. S. Popov makes the first radio signal transmission in history. (24. March 1896)

Battle of Adowa: an Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War. (1. March 1896)

An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H.L. Smith. (18. January 1896)

Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined 1 shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8 mph (13 km/h), thus exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2 mph (3.2 km/h). (28. January 1896)

The Tootsie Roll is invented. (23. February 1896)

Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity. (1. March 1896)

An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays. (5. January 1896)