Historical Events in 1896
93 curated events dated to this year, and 281 musicalized poets on V2Melody were alive then.
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1896
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Publication of 'A Shropshire Lad'
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Publication of 'The Story of the Other Wise Man'
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Appointment as Poet Laureate
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Cavafy's First Published Poem
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Death of James Edwin Campbell in Pomeroy, Ohio
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Discovery of Radioactivity by Henri Becquerel
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Final Years and Legacy
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Founding of the National Association of Colored Women
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Fridtjof Nansen's Fram Drift
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Knighthood and Recognition
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Move to Southern Rhodesia
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Publication of 'A Quiet Road'
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Publication of 'Poems'
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Publication of 'Songs from Vagabondia'
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Publication of 'Verses'
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Stéphane Mallarmé Delivers 'Crisis of Verse'
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Education at Atlanta University
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Education at Queen's University Belfast
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First Publication: 'Verses and Sonnets'
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Graduation from Harvard University
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Kipling's Return to England
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Meeting Esther Roper in Italy
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Otto Lilienthal's Glider Flights and Death
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Publication of 'The Book of the Seasons'
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Publication of 'The Sense of Beauty'
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Publication of First Book, 'The Torrent and the Nightingale'
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Publication of Le vergini delle rocce
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Publication of Under Quicken Boughs
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Revival of the Olympic Games by Pierre de Coubertin
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Symons Edits The Savoy Magazine
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Taggard Family Relocation to Hawaii
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The Third Plague Pandemic Strikes Bombay
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Thomas MacDonagh's Education at University College Dublin
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Valéry's La Soirée avec Monsieur Teste appears
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Admission to the Indiana Bar
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Death of Francis James Child
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Death of His Wife Mary
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Death of Mary McCulloch
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Death of Mother Lydia Symons
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Education at Bradford Grammar School
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Final Years in Paris
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First Major Publication: 'Verses'
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First Modern Olympic Games Held in Athens
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Friendship with Robert Louis Stevenson
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Klondike Gold Rush
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Klondike Gold Rush (1896)
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Klondike Gold Rush enters northern myth
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Lord Kelvin Doubts X-Rays
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Māori 'Te Rangi Pō' Oral Poems Collected by Elsdon Best
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Marriage to Nina Gomer
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Mentorship by Fred Holland Day
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Octave Chanute's Glider Experiments
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Publication of 'Fleet Street Eclogues' Sequel
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Publication of 'The Art of Poetry'
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Publication of 'The Bad Child's Book of Beasts'
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Publication of 'The Eloping Angels'
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Publication of 'The Indian Song of Songs'
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Relocation to Indianapolis
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Service's Departure for Canada
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The First Use of X-ray on a Fossil
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The Ford Quadricycle
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The Kruger Telegram
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The Meiji Sanriku Tsunami Devastates Japan's Coast
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William James Publishes 'The Will to Believe'
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Alfred Jarry Incorporates Absinthe into Ubu Roi Performances
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Bamum Kingdom's Script Invention
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Battle of Adwa (Italian defeat, British context)
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Bicycle in Early Olympic Games
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Brunner Mine Disaster
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Cholera Vaccine Development Milestones
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Correspondence and Mentorship of Sarojini Naidu
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Death of William Wilde
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Education and Early Work Experience of Gibson
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Education at Scotch College
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Final Work: 'The Grand Duke'
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First Modern Marathon at Olympics
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First Published Poem
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Friendship with W.B. Yeats
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Invar Alloy for Pendulums
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Johnson & Johnson Introduces Lister's Towels
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Kitchener's Sudan Campaign
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Marriage to John H. McGowan
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Mauser C96 Semi-Automatic Pistol
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Move to Vermont, USA
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Publication of 'The Poet's Poet'
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Publication of 'The World and I'
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Samuel Langley's Aerodrome Model Flights
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British Uganda Railway Construction Begins
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Death of Wilde's Mother, Jane Wilde
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First Successful Pacific Coast Sardine Cannery Established
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Pearl Bryan Murder
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Skyquake Heard in Franklinville, New York
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New South Wales Factory Legislation
Poets alive in 1896
281 poets
Poets in 1896
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