WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO AUGUST 1896
Find out what all happened June to August 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 city of Miami, Florida is incorporated. (28. July 1896)

Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas. (30. August 1896)

Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his newest invention, the radio. (2. June 1896)

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

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

Bridget Driscoll is run over by a Benz car in the grounds of The Crystal Palace, London, the world's first motoring fatality. (17. 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)

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

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