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Jose Rizal was born on 19 June 1861 in Calamba, Laguna, Philippines. He was a writer, known for El filibusterismo (1962), Sisa (1951) and Noli me tangere (1930). He died on 30 December 1896 in Bagumbayan [now Luneta], Manila, Philippines.

Harriet Beecher Stowe was born into a prominent, religious, Calvinist family in Litchfield, Connecticut on 14 June 1811. She married a seminary professor, Calvin Ellis Stowe, and had seven children, several of whom died during childhood. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', her first novel, was published in 1852 and provoked, to Mrs. Stowe's satisfaction, an intense and undeniable reaction -- at home and abroad -- against American slavery. She wrote many more novels, none of them as famous or important as her first, the best-selling novel of the nineteenth century. She eventually rejected strenuously the Calvinist teachings of her youth, replacing them with a more merciful and forgiving religious philosophy.

George du Maurier was an anglo-French writer and cartoonist best known for creating the character of Svengali in his 1894 novel "Trilby" and for being the father of actor-manager Sir Gerald Du Maurier, the grandfather of writer Dame Daphne Du Maurier, and the grandfather of the Llewelyn Davies boys who inspired J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan (1924).

Du Maurier was born in Paris on March 6, 1834 to Louis-Mathurin Du Maurier and Ellen Clarke. His maternal grandmother was Mary Anne Clarke, who was a notorious courtesan during England's Regency period. After studying art in Paris, George moved to Antwerp, Belgium and met Englishwoman Emma Wightwick, who was to become his wife, in Düsseldorf, Germany. He followed Emma to London and married her in 1863. Of their five children, Gerald was their second son and last-born. He died on October 8, 1896 at the age of 62.

Considered to be the first American serial killer and possibly the most prolific, he was also a con-man and bigamist. He was a doctor who studied medicine at Ann Arbor, MI. He then moved to New York where he practiced briefly. His first brush with the law occurred there when some corpses were found in his possession. He fled to Chicago where he worked for a drug company. The owner mysteriously disappeared and he became the owner. Over the next few years several people who crossed his path also mysteriously disappeared. In 1891 he began construction of a hotel at the corner of 63rd St. in Chicago. It was constructed by several builders over time and had a labyrinthine network of passages that would become his "torture chambers". It was during the Chicago World Fair of 1893 that he did most of his killings when his victims checked into his hotel. They were mainly young attractive women. Holmes would drug them, have sex with their bodies and then drop them down a chute into a gas chamber. There he would watch through a glass panel as they slowly choked to death. Then he would dissect their bodies and dispose of them in acid baths, furnaces or by using quicklime. However, it was because of insurance fraud in Texas that he was brought to the attention of the authorities again. Detective Geyer followed his trail through Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. The bodies of the Pietzel family were found in an Indianapolis boarding house and Holmes was arrested. On 11/30/1895 he received the death sentence. Holmes wrote in his memoirs that he had killed 27 people; however, when he was taken to the gallows he retracted his confession saying that he had done it just for a publicity stunt. Over 200 bodies were found in his Chicago death house, known as "'Holmes' Torture Castle".

Anton Bruckner was born on 4 September 1824 in Ansfelden, Upper Austria, Austrian Empire [now Austria]. He was a composer, known for Tell No One (2006), Bronson (2008) and Thirteen Days (2000). He died on 11 October 1896 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria].

Alfred Nobel was born on 21 October 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden. He died on 10 December 1896 in San Remo, Liguria, Italy.

Ambroise Thomas was born on 5 August 1811 in Metz, France. He is known for Hitting a New High (1937), Supai Zoruge (2003) and Hamlet (1921). He died on 12 February 1896 in Paris, France.

Paul Verlaine was born on 30 March 1844 in Metz, France. He was a writer, known for French Kiss (1995), Stonehearst Asylum (2014) and Norwegian Wood (2010). He was married to Mathilde Meuté de Fleurville. He died on 8 January 1896 in Paris, France.

Clara Schumann was born on 13 September 1819 in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony [now Saxony, Germany]. She was a composer, known for Management (2008), Ammonite (2020) and The Europeans (1979). She was married to Robert Schumann. She died on 20 May 1896 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse-Nassau, [now Hesse], Germany.

John Rogers Thomas was born on 26 March 1830 in Newport, Wales, UK. He died on 5 April 1896 in New York City, New York, USA.

Arthur Tolkien was born in 1857 in Handsworth, Staffordshire, England, UK. He was married to Mabel Tolkien. He died on 15 February 1896 in Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Thomas Hughes was born on 20 October 1822 in Uffington, Berkshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Flaming Signal (1932), Tom Brown's School Days (1940) and Tom Brown's Schooldays (1916). He died on 22 March 1896 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK.

Bessie Bellwood was born on 30 March 1856 in London, England, UK. Bessie was married to John Nicholson. Bessie died on 24 September 1896 in West Kensington, London, England, UK.

Edgar Wilson Nye was born on 25 August 1850 in Shirley, Maine, USA. He was a writer, known for Saved by a Song (1916). He was married to Clara Frances Smith. He died on 22 February 1896 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.

Pelle Molin was born on 8 July 1864 in Tjäll, Multrå, Ångermanland, Sweden. He was a writer, known for Ådalens poesi (1928), Ådalens poesi (1947) and Kams - tokerier från Ådalen (1985). He died on 26 April 1896 in Bodø, Norway.

H.C. Bunner was born on 3 August 1855 in Oswego, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Your Show Time (1949), Windows (1955) and A Sisterly Scheme (1919). He was married to Alice Learned. He died on 11 May 1896 in Nutley, New Jersey, USA.

Otto Lilienthal was born on 23 May 1848 in Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. He was married to Agnes Fischer. He died on 10 August 1896 in Berlin, Germany.

Augustus Henry Glossop Harris was an English playwright, theatrical impresario and actor who was knighted for his services to the theater. He was born on March 18, 1852 in Paris to the dramatist Augustus Glossop Harris and his wife Maria, a wardrobe designer. Augustus Henry was raised in London until returning to Paris at the age 12 to get his education.

He took over management of London's Drury Lane Theatre in 1879 and won the sobriquet "Father of Modern Pantomime". His first play, "The World" (co-written with Paul John Meritt and Henry Pettitt) was put on at the Drury Lane in 1880. He co-wrote many more plays with both Meritt and Pettitt singularly, never again as a trio; he also collaborated with Henry Hamilton multiple times and had other co-writers. Harris & Hamilton's 1889 play The Royal Oak (1923) was made into a movie in 1923, while their The Derby Winner (1915), which was co-written with Cecil Raleigh, 1895, was adapted for the screen in both 1915 and 1923

Harris's involvement in politics led to him becoming a member of the London County Council in 1890 and being appointed a sheriff in 1891. He also was a deputy lieutenant of the city of London. He was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1891.

Augustus Harris died at Folkestone, England on June 22, 1896 at the age of 44. He was buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.

Antônio Carlos Gomes was born on 11 July 1836 in Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil. He was a composer, known for Match Point (2005), Sinfonía de juventud (1955) and Entranced Earth (1967). He was married to Adelina Peri. He died on 16 September 1896 in Belem, Para, Brazil.

Joseph Barnby was born on 12 August 1838 in York, Yorkshire, England, UK. He died on 28 January 1896 in London, England, UK.

Percy Gaunt was born in 1853 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Percy died on 5 September 1896 in Palenville, New York, USA.

Edmond de Goncourt was born on 26 May 1822 in Nancy, France. He was a writer, known for Les frères Zemganno (1926), La fille Elisa (1921) and Élisa (1957). He died on 16 July 1896 in Paris, France.

Peter Courtney was born on 7 July 1867 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph (1894). He died on 11 May 1896 in the USA.

Jens Andreas Friis was born on 2 May 1821 in Sogndal, Norway. Jens Andreas was a writer, known for Laila (1929), Laila (1937) and Make Way for Lila (1958). Jens Andreas died on 16 February 1896 in Kristiania, Norway.

Ichiyo Higuchi was born on 25 March 1872. Ichiyo was a writer, known for Nigorie (1953), Midare makura (1976) and Animated Classics of Japanese Literature (1986). Ichiyo died on 23 November 1896.