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Montmartre 1896, poster by Maxime Dethomas

Ubu Roi (King Ubu) is a play developed by Alfred Jarry premiered on December 10 1896, and is widely acknowledged as a theatrical precursor to the Absurdist, Dada and Surrealist art movements.

L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat (The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Auguste and Louis Lumière. It was first screened on December 28 1895 in Paris, France, and was shown to a paying audience January 6 1896.

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Art and culture

• Ubu Roi by Alfred Jarry
• Rupert Carabin produces a wooden chair sculpted with the figure of a naked woman bound to its back
• Aphrodite: mœurs antiques
• The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station
• The Kiss by William Heise
• Havelock Ellis publishes his book on sexual inversion
• The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
• Le Roi fou
• Jugend arts magazine founded

Births

• Mario Praz (1896 – 1982)
• André Breton (1896 - 1966)
• André Masson (1896 - 1987)
• Tristan Tzara (1896 - 1963)

Deaths