1896

A carved date from a building in Stamford
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1896 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1896
MDCCCXCVI
Ab urbe condita2649
Armenian calendar1345
ԹՎ ՌՅԽԵ
Assyrian calendar6646
Bahá'í calendar52–53
Bengali calendar1303
Berber calendar2846
British Regnal year59 Vict. 1  60 Vict. 1
Buddhist calendar2440
Burmese calendar1258
Byzantine calendar7404–7405
Chinese calendar乙未(Wood Goat)
4592 or 4532
     to 
丙申年 (Fire Monkey)
4593 or 4533
Coptic calendar1612–1613
Discordian calendar3062
Ethiopian calendar1888–1889
Hebrew calendar5656–5657
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1952–1953
 - Shaka Samvat1818–1819
 - Kali Yuga4997–4998
Holocene calendar11896
Igbo calendar896–897
Iranian calendar1274–1275
Islamic calendar1313–1314
Japanese calendarMeiji 29
(明治29年)
Julian calendarGregorian minus 12 days
Korean calendar4229
Minguo calendar16 before ROC
民前16年
Thai solar calendar2438–2439
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Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar.

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AprilJune

A picture of the restored Panathenaic Stadium, the site of the 1896 Summer Olympics

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Date unknown

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AprilJune

JulySeptember

OctoberDecember

Date unknown

Deaths

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JulyDecember

References

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