1896
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Events
- Idaho becomes the fourth American state to grant women the right to vote.
- Theodor Herzl publishes Der Judenstaat.
Timeline
- February 28-March 1: Battle of Adowa.
- May 2-4: U.S. Marines intervene to protect American interests in Corinto, Nicaragua.
- July 3: U.S. Marine units in Seoul, Korea since 1894 are withdrawn.
- July 16: Trygve Lie is born is Oslo.
- March 1: Battle of Adwa, a.k.a. Battle of Adowa, a.k.a. Battle Adua: First defeat of a European army by an African army in modern history. Army of 80,000 Ethiopian soldiers defeat 6,000 Italians and 10,000 Askaris (native levies).
- October 11: Chinese nationalist leader Sun Yat-sen is kidnapped in London by agents of the Qing (Manchu) Dynasty who imprison him in the Chinese Legation.
- October 23: Sun Yat-sen is released from the Chinese Legation in London after British newspapers make his imprisonment a cause celebre and crowds gather outside to demonstrate for his freedom.
- October 26: the Treaty of Addis Ababa is signed.