1896 in science
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The year 1896 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
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[edit] Births
- February 14 - Arthur Milne (d. 1950), British space physicist.
- March 29 - Wilhelm Ackermann (d. 1962), mathematician.
[edit] 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.
