Historical Events In 1796
Thursday, 19 February 2026
Jan 05 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. 


Jan 21 John Gelinde van Blom, Frisian notary/author. 


Jan 22 Bernhard Hupfeld, composer, dies at 78. 


Jan 23 Armand-Gaston Camus is recorded as becoming chairman of Council of 500. 


Jan 25 William McGillivray, Old Aberdeen, naturalist 


Jan 29 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. 


Feb 01 The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York 


Feb 17 Giovanni Pacini, composer 


Feb 17 James Macpherson, poet, dies. 


Feb 20 Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician 


Feb 22 Adolphe Quetelet, Belgium, mathematician/astronomer/statistician 


Feb 28 Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56. 


Feb 29 Jay's Treaty proclaimed, settles some differences with England 


Feb 29 [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belgian astronomer/meteorology. 


Mar 01 1st National Meeting in the Hague. 


Mar 09 Napoléon Bonaparte marries Joséphine de Beauharnais 


Mar 09 Napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine de Beauharnais. 


Mar 17 Pieter Paulus, lawyer/Dutch CEO (National Convention), dies at 41 


Mar 19 Stephen Storace, composer, dies at 33 


Mar 22 Gaspare Gabellone, composer, dies at 68 


Mar 28 Bethel African Methodist Church of Phila is 1st US-African church. 


Mar 28 Bethel African Methodist Church of Philadelphia is inaugural US-African church 


Mar 31 Johann Wolfgang von Goethes "Egmont", premieres in Weimar 


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


Apr 13 1st elephant arrives in US from India 


Apr 13 inaugural elephant brought to America (from Bengal, India). 


Apr 22 Napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi 


Apr 24 K L Immermann, writer. 


Apr 26 Auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer 


Apr 28 Cease fire of Cherasco 


May 04 Horace Mann, US, educator/author/editor (pioneered public schools) 


May 09 August Pauly, German classicus (Real Encyclopedia). 


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