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| 1896 |
| | | Theodor Herzl publishes The Jewish State, calling for a national homeland for all Jews | |
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| 1896 |
| | | Britain unites Buganda and three other kingdoms into the single Uganda Protectorate | |
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| 1896 |
| | | The first modern Olympic Games, organized by Pierre de Coubertin, are held in Athens | |
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| 1896 |
| | | Otto Lilienthal dies when a wing fractures on his glider and he crashes from a height of 17 metres | |
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| 1896 |
| | | Jean Sibelius's 'symphonic legend' The Swan of Tuonela has its premiere in Helsinki | |
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| 1896 |
| | | Reports of gold in what becomes known as Bonanza Creek, a tributary of the Klondike, prompt a massive gold rush into the Yukon | |
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| 1896 |
| | | Italy, one of the local colonial powers, accepts Ethiopia's claim to the Ogaden region of the Somali territory | |
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| 1896 |
| | | English poet A.E. Housman publishes his first collection, A Shropshire Lad | |
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| 1896 |
| | | Anton Chekhov's play The Seagull has a disastrous premiere in St Petersburg (but is well received two years later in Moscow) | |
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| 1896 |
| | | Republican candidate William McKinley wins the US presidential election, defeating Democrat William Jennings Bryan | |
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