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| + | [[Image:Three consecutive frames of The Kiss (1896) - William Heise.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[The Kiss (1896 film) |The Kiss]]'' (1896) by William Heise]] | ||
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| + | "There are certain effects of [[color|colour]] that give all men [[pleasure]], and others which [[jar]], almost like a musical [[discord]]. A more general development of this sensibility would make possible a new [[abstract art]], an art that should deal with colours as music does with sound." --''[[The Sense of Beauty]]'' (1896) by George Santayana | ||
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| + | "That there is a close connexion between a state of [[consciousness]] and the [[brain]] we do not dispute. But there is also a close connexion between a coat and the nail on which it hangs, for, if the nail is pulled out, the coat falls to the ground. Shall we say, then, that the shape of the nail gives us the shape of the coat, or in any way corresponds to it ?" --''[[Matter and Memory]]'' (1896) by Henri Bergson | ||
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| + | [[Image:Dethomas Poster - Montmartre 1896.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Montmartre]] [[1896]], poster by [[Maxime Dethomas]]]] | ||
| [[Image:Véritable portrait de Monsieur Ubu, par Alfred Jarry (1896).png|thumb|right|200px|'''''Ubu Roi''''' (King Ubu) is a [[play]] developed by [[Alfred Jarry]] premiered on [[December 10]] [[1896]], and is widely acknowledged as a theatrical [[precursor]] to the [[Theatre of the Absurd|Absurdist]], [[Dada]] and [[Surrealism|Surrealist]] art movements.]][[Image:Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat, 1895.jpg|thumb|right|200px| | [[Image:Véritable portrait de Monsieur Ubu, par Alfred Jarry (1896).png|thumb|right|200px|'''''Ubu Roi''''' (King Ubu) is a [[play]] developed by [[Alfred Jarry]] premiered on [[December 10]] [[1896]], and is widely acknowledged as a theatrical [[precursor]] to the [[Theatre of the Absurd|Absurdist]], [[Dada]] and [[Surrealism|Surrealist]] art movements.]][[Image:Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat, 1895.jpg|thumb|right|200px| | ||
| '''''L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat''''' ('''''The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station''''' is an [[1895 in film|1895]] [[France|French]] [[Short subject|short]] [[black-and-white]] [[silent film|silent]] [[documentary film]] directed and produced by [[Auguste and Louis Lumière]]. It was first screened on [[December 28]] [[1895]] in [[Paris]], [[France]], and was shown to a paying audience [[January 6]] [[1896]].]] | '''''L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat''''' ('''''The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station''''' is an [[1895 in film|1895]] [[France|French]] [[Short subject|short]] [[black-and-white]] [[silent film|silent]] [[documentary film]] directed and produced by [[Auguste and Louis Lumière]]. It was first screened on [[December 28]] [[1895]] in [[Paris]], [[France]], and was shown to a paying audience [[January 6]] [[1896]].]] | ||
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| + | '''1896''' (MDCCCXCVI) is the 896th year of the 2nd millennium, the 96th year of the 19th century, and the 7th year of the 1890s decade. | ||
| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| - | + | === Music=== | |
| + | *[[Also sprach Zarathustra]] by Strauss | ||
| + | ===Literature=== | ||
| + | ====Fiction==== | ||
| + | *''[[Aphrodite: mœurs antiques]]'', first novel by French author Pierre Louÿs | ||
| + | *''[[The Island of Doctor Moreau]]'' by H.G. Wells | ||
| + | *''[[Le Roi fou]]'', novel by Gustave Kahn | ||
| + | ====Nonfiction==== | ||
| + | *''[[Sexual Inversion]]'' by [[Havelock Ellis]] and [[John Addington Symonds]] published | ||
| + | *''[[Jugend (magazine)|Jugend]]'' arts magazine founded | ||
| + | ===Theatre=== | ||
| *''[[Ubu Roi]]'' by Alfred Jarry | *''[[Ubu Roi]]'' by Alfred Jarry | ||
| - | *[[Rupert Carabin]] produces a wooden chair sculpted with the figure of a naked woman bound to its back | + | ===Film=== |
| - | *''[[The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station ]]'' | + | *''[[Douche après le bain]]'' - Louis Lumière in which actress [[Louise Willy]] disrobes |
| *''[[The Kiss (1896 film)|The Kiss]]'' by William Heise | *''[[The Kiss (1896 film)|The Kiss]]'' by William Heise | ||
| - | *[[Havelock Ellis]] publishes his book on [[Sexual inversion (sexology)|sexual inversion]] | + | *''[[The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station ]]'', short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Auguste and Louis Lumière. |
| - | *''[[The Island of Dr. Moreau]]'' by H.G. Wells | + | ===Art=== |
| + | *[[François-Rupert Carabin ]] produces a wooden chair sculpted with the figure of a naked woman bound to its back | ||
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| == Births == | == Births == | ||
| *[[Mario Praz]] (1896 – 1982) | *[[Mario Praz]] (1896 – 1982) | ||
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| ==Deaths == | ==Deaths == | ||
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| - | ===January - June=== | ||
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| - | * [[Lawrence Riley]], American playwright and screen writer (d. [[1974]]) | ||
| - | * [[January 2]] - [[Dziga Vertov]], Russian filmmaker (d. [[1954]]) | ||
| - | * [[January 4]] | ||
| - | **[[Everett Dirksen]], American politician (d. [[1969]]) | ||
| - | **[[André Masson]], French artist (d. [[1987]]) | ||
| - | * [[January 8]] - [[Arthur Ford]], American psychic spiritual medium, clairaudient (d. [[1971]]) | ||
| - | * [[January 12]] - [[Rex Ingram (director)|Rex Ingram]], Irish director and actor (d. [[1950]]) | ||
| - | * [[January 14]] - [[Martin Niemöller]], German theologian and pacifist (d. [[1984]]) | ||
| - | * [[January 14]] - [[John Dos Passos]], American author (d. [[1970]]) | ||
| - | * [[January 20]] - [[George Burns]], American comedian (d. [[1996]]) | ||
| - | * [[January 23]] - [[Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg]] (d. [[1985]]) | ||
| - | * [[February 18]] - [[André Breton]], French writer (d. [[1966]]) | ||
| - | * [[February 28]] - [[Philip Showalter Hench]], American physician, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[1965]]) | ||
| - | * [[February 29]] - [[Morarji Desai]], Indian politician (d. [[1995]]) | ||
| - | * [[March 1]] | ||
| - | **[[Dimitris Mitropoulos]], Greek conductor, pianist, and composer (d. [[1960]]) | ||
| - | **[[Moriz Seeler]], German writer, poet, film producer, and man of the theatre (d. [[1942]]) | ||
| - | * [[March 20]] - [[Wop May|Wilfrid Reid "Wop" May]], Canadian World War I pilot (d. [[1952]]) | ||
| - | * [[March 29]] - [[Wilhelm Ackermann]], German mathematician (d. [[1962]]) | ||
| - | * [[April 15]] - [[Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov]], Russian chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1986]]) | ||
| - | * [[April 30]] | ||
| - | **[[Hans List]], founder of [[AVL (Anstalt für Verbrennungskraftmaschinen List)|AVL List]] (d. [[1996]]) | ||
| - | **[[Gary Davis]], American musician (d. [[1972]]) | ||
| - | * [[May 7]] - [[John Dunville]], British Army officer (d. [[1917]]) | ||
| - | * [[May 30]] - [[Howard Hawks]], American director (d. [[1977]]) | ||
| - | * [[June 7]] | ||
| - | **[[Robert S. Mulliken]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1986]]) | ||
| - | **[[Douglas Campbell (aviator)|Douglas Campbell]], American World War I flying ace (d. [[1990]]) | ||
| - | * [[June 19]] - [[Wallis Simpson]], Duchess of Windsor (d. [[1986]]) | ||
| - | * [[June 26]] - [[Henry Allingham]], Oldest Surviving soldier of World War I | ||
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| - | * [[July 2]] - [[Quirino Cristiani]], Argentine animated film director (d. [[1984]]) | ||
| - | * [[July 10]] - [[Maurice Zbriger]], Canadian violinist, composer and conductor (d. [[1981]]) | ||
| - | * [[July 13]] - [[Mordecai Ardon]], one of Israel's greatest painters (d. [[1992]]) | ||
| - | * [[July 16]] - [[Trygve Lie]], first [[United Nations Secretary General]] (d. [[1968]]) | ||
| - | * [[July 27]] - [[Henri Longchambon]], French politician (d. [[1969]]) | ||
| - | * [[August 9]] - [[Jean Piaget]], Swiss psychologist (d. [[1980]]) | ||
| - | * [[August 9]] - [[Leonide Massine]], Renowned dancer and choreographer, worked with Diaghilev's Ballet Russes and the Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo (d. [[1979]]) | ||
| - | * [[August 15]] - [[Gerty Cori]], Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[1957]]) | ||
| - | * [[August 15]] - [[Paul Outerbridge]], American photographer (d. [[1958]]) | ||
| - | * [[August 18]] - [[Jack Pickford]], American actor (d. [[1933]]) | ||
| - | * [[August 22]] - [[W. E. Lawrence]], American actor (d. [[1947]]) | ||
| - | * [[August 30]] - [[Raymond Massey]], Canadian-born actor (d. [[1983]]) | ||
| - | * [[September 1]] - [[A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]], Founder of [[Hare Krishna]] movement (d. [[1977]]) | ||
| - | * [[September 24]] - [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]], American writer (d. [[1940]]) | ||
| - | * [[October 7]] - [[Paulino Alcántara]], [[Philippine]]-[[Spain|Spanish]] [[soccer player]] (d. [[1964]]) | ||
| - | * [[October 12]] - [[Eugenio Montale]], Italian writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1981]]) | ||
| - | * [[October 28]] - [[Howard Hanson]], American composer (d. [[1981]]) | ||
| - | * [[October 31]] - [[Ethel Waters]], American singer and actress (d. [[1977]]) | ||
| - | * [[November 4]] - [[Carlos P. Garcia]], [[president of the Philippines]] (d. [[1971]]) | ||
| - | * [[November 8]] - [[Bucky Harris]], baseball player (d. [[1977]]) | ||
| - | * [[November 10]] - [[Jimmy Dykes]], baseball player and manager (d. [[1976]]) | ||
| - | * [[November 13]] - [[Nobusuke Kishi]], [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (d. [[1987]]) | ||
| - | * [[November 14]] - [[Mamie Eisenhower]], [[First Lady of the United States]] (d. [[1979]]) | ||
| - | * [[November 16]] - [[Oswald Mosley]], leader of the British Union of Fascists (d. [[1980]]) | ||
| - | * [[November 17]] - [[Lev Vygotsky]], Russian psychologist (d. [[1934]]) | ||
| - | * [[December 5]] - [[Carl Ferdinand Cori]], Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[1984]]) | ||
| - | * [[December 6]] - [[Ira Gershwin]], American lyricist (d. [[1983]]) | ||
| - | * [[December 14]] - [[Jimmy Doolittle]], American World War II general (d. [[1993]]) | ||
| - | * [[December 21]] - [[Leroy Robertson]], American composer (d. [[1971]]) | ||
| - | * [[December 27]] - [[Louis Bromfield]], American writer (d. [[1956]]) | ||
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| - | ===January - June=== | ||
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| - | *[[January 4]] - [[Joseph Hubert Reinkens]], German [[Old Catholic Church|Old Catholic]] bishop (b. [[1821]]) | ||
| - | *[[January 8]] - [[Paul Verlaine]], French lyric poet (b. [[1844]]) | ||
| - | *[[May 1]] - [[Nasser_al-Din_Shah|Naser ad-Din Qajar]], [[Shah]] of [[Persia]], King of Herat (b. [[1831]]) | ||
| - | *[[May 17]] - [[Muhammad Al-Sabah]], emir of Kuwait (b. [[1831]]) | ||
| - | *[[May 19]] - [[Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria]], father of Archduke Ferdinand (b. [[1833]]) | ||
| - | *[[May 20]] - [[Clara Schumann]], German composer (b. [[1819]]) | ||
| - | *[[May 24]] - [[Federico Luigi, Conte Menabrea]], Italian soldier and statesman (b. [[1809]]) | ||
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| - | * [[July 1]] - [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]], American author (b. [[1811]]) | ||
| - | *[[July 16]] - [[Edmond de Goncourt]], co-founder of the [[Académie Goncourt]] (born [[1822]]) | ||
| - | * [[July 19]] - [[Abraham H. Cannon]], American Mormon apostle (b. [[1859]]) | ||
| - | * [[August 10]] - [[Otto Lilienthal]], German aviation pioneer (b. [[1848]]) | ||
| - | * [[August 17]] - [[Bridget Driscoll]], an early [[automobile]] fatality | ||
| - | *[[August 25]] - [[Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar]], sultan of Zanzibar (b. [[1857]]) | ||
| - | * [[October 11]] | ||
| - | **[[Anton Bruckner]], Austrian composer (b. [[1824]]) | ||
| - | **[[Edward White Benson]], Archbishop of Canterbury (b. [[1829]]) | ||
| - | * [[October 21]] - [[James Henry Greathead]], British engineer and inventor (b. [[1844]]) | ||
| - | * [[October 23]] - [[Columbus Delano]], American statesman (b. [[1809]]) | ||
| - | *[[November 16]] - [[Josip Šokčević]], Croatian viceroy (b. [[1811]]) | ||
| - | * [[December 10]] - [[Alfred Nobel]], Swedish inventor of dynamite and creator of the [[Nobel Prize]] (b. [[1833]]) | ||
| - | * [[December 30]] - [[José Rizal]], national hero of the Philippines (b. [[1861]]) | ||
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"There are certain effects of colour that give all men pleasure, and others which jar, almost like a musical discord. A more general development of this sensibility would make possible a new abstract art, an art that should deal with colours as music does with sound." --The Sense of Beauty (1896) by George Santayana "That there is a close connexion between a state of consciousness and the brain we do not dispute. But there is also a close connexion between a coat and the nail on which it hangs, for, if the nail is pulled out, the coat falls to the ground. Shall we say, then, that the shape of the nail gives us the shape of the coat, or in any way corresponds to it ?" --Matter and Memory (1896) by Henri Bergson |
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1896 (MDCCCXCVI) is the 896th year of the 2nd millennium, the 96th year of the 19th century, and the 7th year of the 1890s decade.
Contents |
Art and culture
Music
- Also sprach Zarathustra by Strauss
Literature
Fiction
- Aphrodite: mœurs antiques, first novel by French author Pierre Louÿs
- The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells
- Le Roi fou, novel by Gustave Kahn
Nonfiction
- Sexual Inversion by Havelock Ellis and John Addington Symonds published
- Jugend arts magazine founded
Theatre
- Ubu Roi by Alfred Jarry
Film
- Douche après le bain - Louis Lumière in which actress Louise Willy disrobes
- The Kiss by William Heise
- The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station , short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Auguste and Louis Lumière.
Art
- François-Rupert Carabin produces a wooden chair sculpted with the figure of a naked woman bound to its back
Births
- Mario Praz (1896 – 1982)
- André Breton (1896 - 1966)
- André Masson (1896 - 1987)
- Tristan Tzara (1896 - 1963)
Deaths
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