What Happened In March 1896 In History

Historical Events for March, 1896

• 1st » Battle of Adowa: an Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Kingdom of Italy known as Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
• 1st » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity.
• 9th » Prime Minister Francesco Crispi resigns following the Italian defeat at the Battle of Adowa.
• 24th » Alexander Stepanovich Popov named A. S. Popov makes the first radio signal transmission in history.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1896

• 1st » Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1960)
• 1st » Moriz Seeler, German playwright and producer (d. 1942)
• 3rd » Roy Franklin Nichols, American historian (d. 1973)
• 4th » Kai Holm, Danish actor (d. 1985)
• 8th » Charlotte Whitton, Canadian politician, 46th Mayor of Ottawa (d. 1975)
• 22nd » He Long, Chinese marshal (d. 1969)
• 22nd » Joseph Schildkraut, Austrian-American actor (d. 1964)
• 27th » Wolfgang von Weisl, Austrian-Israeli journalist and author (d. 1974)

Famous Deaths for March 1896

• 21st » William Quan Judge, Irish occultist and theosophist (b. 1851)
• 22nd » Thomas Hughes, English lawyer, politician, and author (b. 1822)
• 30th » Charilaos Trikoupis, Greek politician, 55th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1832)

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