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1896Apr, 7

Frits Peutz

Frits Peutz, Dutch architect, designed the Glaspaleis (d. 1974)
F.P.J. Peutz (7 April 1896 – 24 October 1974) was a Dutch (Limburgian) architect.

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Events on 1896

  • 28Jan

    Speed limit

    Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8 mph (13 km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2 mph (3.2 km/h).
  • 26May

    Dow Jones Industrial Average

    Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
  • 16Aug

    Klondike Gold Rush

    Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
  • 21Sep

    Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener

    Mahdist War: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener takes Dongola in the Sudan.
  • 22Sep

    George III of the United Kingdom

    Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.