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Contents 1 Events 2 Films released in 1896 3 Births

Events

• January - In Britain, Birt Acres and Robert W. Paul developed their own film projector, the Theatrograph (later known as the Animatograph).
• January - In the United States, a projector called the Vitascope was designed by Charles Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat. Armat began working with Thomas Edison to manufacture the Vitascope, which projected motion pictures.
• The Pathé Frères film company was founded.
• April - Thomas Edison and Thomas Armat's Vitascope was used to project motion pictures in public screenings in New York City.
• May 14 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia was crowned in Moscow, in the first coronation ever recorded in film.
• French magician and filmmaker Georges Méliès began experimenting with the new motion picture technology, developing early special effects techniques, including stop-motion photography.
• William Selig founded the Selig Polyscope Company in Chicago.
• Demeny-Gaumont worked on a 60 mm format, first known as Biographe (unperforated), then Chronophotographe (perforated).
• Casimir Sivan and E. Dalphin created a 38 mm format.

The first kiss ever on film was in 1896 involving the great Canadian star May Irwin and John C. Rice.

Films released in 1896

• Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
• Arrivée d'un train gare de Vincennes
• L'Arroseur
• Awakening of Rip
• Baignade en mer
• Barnet Horse Fair
• Bataille de boules de neige
• Bateau-mouche sur la Seine
• Batteuse à vapeur
• Le Bivouac
• Les Blanchisseuses
• Bois de Boulogne
• La Fée aux Choux
• The Horse Trough
• The Kiss
• Le Manoir du diable
• Rip Van Winkle (series)
• The Vanishing Lady

Births

• January 20 - Isabel Withers, actress (d. 1968)
• June 28 - Constance Binney, actress, singer, dancer (d. 1989)
• July 16 - Evelyn Preer, actress, singer (d. 1932)
• July 25 - Jack Perrin, actor (d. 1967)
• August 18 - Jack Pickford, actor (d. 1933)
• August 30 - Raymond Massey, actor (d. 1983)