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   John Gelinde van Blom, Frisian notary/author on this day in history.   

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

Jan 23   Armand-Gaston Camus becomes chairman of Council of 500 in the year 1796.   

Jan 25   William McGillivray, Old Aberdeen, naturalist on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history giovanni Pacini, composer   

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

Feb 20   In the year 1796 eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician   

Feb 22   Adolphe Quetelet, Belgium, mathematician/astronomer/statistician on this day in history.   

Feb 28   Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

Feb 29   In the year 1796 jay's Treaty proclaimed, settles some differences with England   

Feb 29   [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belgian astronomer/meteorology on this day in history.   

Mar 01   1st National Meeting in the Hague on this day in history.   

Mar 09   Napoléon Bonaparte marries Joséphine de Beauharnais on this day in history.   

Mar 09   Napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine de Beauharnais in the year 1796.   

Mar 17   In the year 1796 pieter Paulus, lawyer/Dutch CEO (National Convention), dies at 41   

Mar 19   In the year 1796 stephen Storace, composer, dies at 33   

Mar 22   Gaspare Gabellone, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 28   On this day in history bethel African Methodist Church of Philadelphia is first US-African church   

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

Mar 31   Johann Wolfgang von Goethes "Egmont," premieres in Weimar on this day in history.   

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

Apr 13   First elephant brought to America (from Bengal, India) in the year 1796.   

Apr 22   Napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi in the year 1796.   

Apr 24   K L Immermann, writer in the year 1796.   

Apr 26   In the year 1796 auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer   

Apr 28   On this day in history cease fire of Cherasco   

May 04   On this day in history horace Mann, US, educator/author/editor (pioneered public schools)   

May 09   August Pauly, German classicus (Real Encyclopedia) on this day in history.   

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Jan 07   Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (d. 1817) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 21   In the year 1796 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   William McGillivray, Old Aberdeen, naturalist was born on this day in history.   

Feb 01   In the year 1796 birth of abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss poet (d. 1865)   

Feb 17   In the year 1796 birth of giovanni Pacini, composer   

Feb 17   Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (d. 1866) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 01   In the year 1796 death of alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, French mathematician (b. 1735)   

Jan 05   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 28   On this day in history friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56   

Mar 06   In the year 1796 death of guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (b. 1713)