The year 1896 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. The following entries cover events of a science or technology related nature which occurred in the listed year. ... The table of years in science is a tabular display of all years in science, for overview and quick navigation to any year. ... See also: Other events of 1886 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1887 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1888 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1889 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1890 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1891 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1892 List of years in science . ... The year 1893 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. ... The year 1894 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. ... 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Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This page indexes the individual years pages. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... // The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA was built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ... // The invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell. ... // Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... // Public flight demonstration of an airplane by Alberto Santos-Dumont in Paris, November 12, 1906. ... // The 1910s represent the culmination of European militarism which had its beginnings during the second half of the 19th Century. ... The 1920s is a decade that is sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... See also: 1895 in art, other events of 1896, 1897 in art, list of years in art, List_of_art_events. ... 1896 in archaeology // Explorations Excavations Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt of Queens College, Oxford, begin excavation of Oxyrhynchus, Egypt Publications Finds Charioteer of Delphi found at Delphi Mosaic Map at Madaba Awards Miscellaneous Births Deaths See also List of years in archaeology 1895 in archaeology 1897 in archaeology Categories... See also: 1895 in architecture, other events of 1896, 1897 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1895 in literature, other events of 1896, 1897 in literature, list of years in literature. ... // Events February 1 - Giacomo Puccinis La bohème debuts in Turin March - Leo Stern plays in the premiere of Dvoraks second cello concerto in London Engelbert Humperdinck is created a professor of music by the Kaiser. ... Part of a scientific laboratory at the University of Cologne. ... By the mid 20th century humans had achieved a mastery of technology sufficient to leave the surface of the Earth for the first time and explore space. ...

Awards

• Copley Medal: Karl Gegenbaur
• Wollaston Medal for geology: Eduard Suess

The Copley Medal is a scientific award for work in any field of science, the highest award granted by the Royal Society of London. ... Carl Gegenbaur: photograph Carl Gegenbaur (August 21, 1826 - June 14, 1903), [1] also Karl Gegenbaur, was a German anatomist and professor who demonstrated that the field of comparative anatomy offers important evidence supporting of the theory of evolution. ... The Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology, the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London. ... Eduard Suess (August 20, 1831 – April 26, 1914) was a 19th century geologist who was an expert on the geography of the Alps. ...

Births

• February 14 - Arthur Milne (d. 1950), British space physicist.
• March 29 - Wilhelm Ackermann (d. 1962), mathematician.

Insert non-formatted text here{| style=float:right; |- | paul is so hot sophie loves him |- | |} is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Edward Arthur Milne (February 14, 1896 – September 21, 1950) was a British mathematician and astrophysicist. ... See also: Other events of 1950 List of years in science . ... Space has been an interest for philosophers and scientists for much of human history. ... Articles with similar titles include physician, a person who practices medicine. ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (89th in leap years). ... Wilhelm Ackermann (March 29, 1896, Herscheid municipality, Germany – December 24, 1962 Lüdenscheid, Germany ) was a German mathematician best known for the Ackermann function, an important example in the theory of computation. ... See also: Other events of 1962 List of years in science . ... Leonhard Euler, one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is the field of mathematics. ...

Deaths

• July 13 - Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz (b. 1829), organic chemist.
• August 10 - Otto Lilienthal (b. 1848), aviation pioneer.
• September 18 - Hippolyte Fizeau (b. 1819), physicist.
• October 21 - James Henry Greathead (b. 1844), British civil engineer.
• November 3 - Eugen Baumann (b. 1846), chemist.
• December 10 - Alfred Nobel (b. 1833), inventor.