WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO AUGUST 1896
Find out what all happened January to August 1896

Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run. (4. June 1896)

Nicholas II becomes Tsar of Russia. (26. May 1896)

Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush. (16. August 1896)

An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston City, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners. (28. June 1896)

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

The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people. (15. June 1896)

Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece. (15. April 1896)

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

The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional. (18. May 1896)

Anglo-Zanzibar War: the shortest war in world history (09:00 to 09:45), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar. (27. August 1896)

The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated. (28. July 1896)

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

The F4-strength St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East Saint Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing $2.9 billion in damage (1997 USD). (27. May 1896)

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

Officially recognised date of the Cry of Pugad Lawin, the start of the Philippine Revolution is made in Pugad Lawin (Quezon City), in the province of Manila (actual date and location is disputed). (23. August 1896)

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

William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. (9. July 1896)

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

Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity. (1. March 1896)