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.
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Art and culture
Literature
- Aphrodite: mœurs antiques, first novel by French author Pierre Louÿs
- Sexual Inversion by Havelock Ellis and John Addington Symonds published
- The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells
- Le Roi fou, novel by Gustave Kahn
- 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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