1895
1896
history - Plessy v. Ferguson: The U.S. Supreme Court introduces the separate but equal doctrine and upholds segregation
culture - the first modern Olympic Games are held - Theodor Herzl: Der Judenstaat - H. G. Wells: The Time Machine - Anton Chekhov: The Seagull - Alfred Nobel (†) - Harriet Beecher Stowe (†)
music - Ernest Hogan: All Coons Look Alike To Me published - David Reed, Sadie Koninsky: Eli Green's Cakewalk published - John Philip Sousa: Stars & Stripes Forever published - Gaskin, George J.: All Coons Look Alike To Me - Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 - Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 - Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra - Francisco Tárrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra - Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier - Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème - Clara Schumann (†) - Anton Bruckner (†)
- 1896.00.00? - US: New Jersey: Newark - recordings for New Jersey - Standard Quartette
- 1896.00.00 -- US: New York City - recordings for New York - Unique Quartett (Joseph M. Moore?, Walter Dixon, William Tucker, Ben Hunn)
- 1896.00.00 -- US: New York City - recordings for PRS - Unique Quartett (Joseph M. Moore?, Walter Dixon, William Tucker, Ben Hunn)
- 1896.01.28 -- ? - recordings for Berliner - Dan Quinn
- 1896.05.15 -- US: New York City - recordings for Berliner - George Graham
- 1896.05.23 -- US: New York City - recordings for Berliner - George Graham
- 1896.05.26 -- US: New York City - recordings for Berliner - George Graham
- 1896.09.24 -- US: New York City - recordings for Berliner - George Graham
- 1896.11.16 -- ? - recordings for Berliner Grammophone - Gaskin, George J.
- 1896.11.18 -- ? - recordings for Berliner Grammophone - George Johnson
- 1896.12.19 -- US: Washington DC - recordings for Berliner - Billy Golden