1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1896th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 896th year of the 2nd millennium, the 96th year of the 19th century, and the 7th year of the 1890s decade.

The City was incorporated in 1896 with 444 citizens under the name of “The City of Miami”. Along with the railroad, Flagler financed and built streets, water and power systems and a resort hotel. Canals were made to drain water from the everglades that covered a majority of the land.

July 30 – Shortly after 6:30 pm, at a crossing just west of Atlantic City, New Jersey, two trains collide, crushing five loaded passenger coaches, killing 50 and seriously injuring approximately 60, in the 1896 Atlantic City rail crash.

1896: The story of Chop Suey's creation in New York City, often dated August 29, involves a chef from the entourage of the visiting Chinese Ambassador concocting the dish on the fly from available ingredients. While this tale captures the imagination, historical evidence suggests that Chop Suey likely evolved among Chinese immigrants in America ...

2021年8月9日 · The 1896 eastern North America heat wave resulted in over 1,500 deaths, killing more people than the New York City draft riots of 1863 and the Great Chicago Fire combined. Despite its high...

The 1890s saw significant changes in population, infrastructure, culture, and politics of New York City. These developments helped shape the city into a modern metropolis, setting the stage for its future as a global city.

2010年8月11日 · During the summer of 1896, a 10-day heat wave killed nearly 1,500 people across New York City — many of them tenement-dwellers. In Hot Time in the Old Town, historian Ed Kohn describes the...

the 1896 New York heat wave remains one of the least chronicled urban natural disasters in America, even though it took more lives than the New York City draft riots of 1863 or the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. With day after day of temperatures in the 90s, high humidity, and nighttime temperatures never below 70°, the heat wave

Historical events from year 1896. Learn about 170 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in 1896 or search by date or keyword.

The 1896 eastern North America heat wave was a 10-day heat wave in New York City, Boston, Newark and Chicago that killed about 1,500 people in August 1896. [1][2][3] There were ten days of temperatures at least 90 °F (32 °C) with high humidity and little breeze. [4] .