WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO NOVEMBER 1896
Find out what all happened July to November 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)

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)

Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history. (22. September 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)

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

The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino. (17. November 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)

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)

British force under Horatio Kitchener takes Dongola in the Sudan. (21. September 1896)

A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time. (1. November 1896)