WHAT ALL HAPPENED OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 1896
Find out what all happened October to December 1896

Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance. (10. December 1896)

Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila, Philippines. (30. December 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)

Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5. (30. December 1896)

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

The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company. (14. December 1896)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire. (17. December 1896)