Historical Events In 1796

Jan 05   Samuel Huntington, US judge (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Jan 08   In the year 1796 jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Fren Nat Convention chairman, dies at 46   

Jan 21   In the year 1796 john Gelinde van Blom, Frisian notary/author   

Jan 22   Bernhard Hupfeld, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1796.   

Jan 23   Armand-Gaston Camus becomes chairman of Council of 500 on this day in history.   

Jan 25   In the year 1796 william McGillivray, Old Aberdeen, naturalist   

Jan 29   In the year 1796 in Toronto, Yonge Street officially opened, running from the town of York up to Lake Simcoe   

Feb 01   Capital of Upper Canada transferred from Newark (Niagara) to York in the year 1796.   

Feb 01   The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York on this day in history.   

Feb 17   In the year 1796 giovanni Pacini, composer   

Feb 17   James Macpherson, poet, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 20   Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician in the year 1796.   

Feb 22   On this day in history adolphe Quetelet, Belgium, mathematician/astronomer/statistician   

Feb 28   In the year 1796 friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56   

Feb 29   On this day in history jay's Treaty proclaimed, settles some differences with England   

Feb 29   [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belgian astronomer/meteorology in the year 1796.   

Mar 01   1st National Meeting in the Hague in the year 1796.   

Mar 09   In the year 1796 napoléon Bonaparte marries Joséphine de Beauharnais   

Mar 09   On this day in history napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine de Beauharnais   

Mar 17   Pieter Paulus, lawyer/Dutch CEO (National Convention), dies at 41 in the year 1796.   

Mar 19   Stephen Storace, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

Mar 22   On this day in history gaspare Gabellone, composer, dies at 68   

Mar 28   Bethel African Methodist Church of Phila is 1st US-African church on this day in history.   

Mar 28   Bethel African Methodist Church of Philadelphia is first US-African church on this day in history.   

Mar 31   In the year 1796 johann Wolfgang von Goethes "Egmont", premieres in Weimar   

Mar 31   Johann Wolfgang von Goethes "Egmont," premieres in Weimar in the year 1796.   

Apr 13   1st elephant arrives in US from India on this day in history.   

Apr 13   First elephant brought to America (from Bengal, India) on this day in history.   

Apr 22   On this day in history napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi   

Apr 24   K L Immermann, writer on this day in history.   

Apr 26   Auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer in the year 1796.   

Apr 28   Cease fire of Cherasco on this day in history.   

May 04   Horace Mann, US, educator/author/editor (pioneered public schools) on this day in history.   

May 09   In the year 1796 august Pauly, German classicus (Real Encyclopedia)   

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Jan 07   In the year 1796 birth of princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (d. 1817)   

Jan 21   On this day in history birth of john Gelinde van Blom, Frisian notary/author   

Jan 22   Karl Claus, Russian chemist (d. 1864) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 25   In the year 1796 birth of william McGillivray, Old Aberdeen, naturalist   

Feb 01   On this day in history birth of abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss poet (d. 1865)   

Feb 17   Giovanni Pacini, composer was born in the year 1796.   

Feb 17   On this day in history birth of philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (d. 1866)   

Feb 20   Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history death of alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, French mathematician (b. 1735)   

Jan 05   In the year 1796 samuel Huntington, US judge (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 64   

Jan 08   Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Fren Nat Convention chairman, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

Jan 13   John H. D. Anderson, Scottish scientist and inventor (b. 1726) died in the year 1796.   

Jan 22   On this day in history bernhard Hupfeld, composer, dies at 78   

Feb 17   James Macpherson, poet, dies in the year 1796.   

Feb 28   In the year 1796 friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56   

Mar 06   Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (b. 1713) died on this day in history.