Historical Events In 1796

Jan 05   Samuel Huntington, US judge (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 64 in the year 1796.  

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

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

Jan 22   In the year 1796 bernhard Hupfeld, composer, dies at 78  

Jan 23   On this day in history armand-Gaston Camus becomes chairman of Council of 500  

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

Jan 29   In Toronto, Yonge Street officially opened, running from the town of York up to Lake Simcoe on this day in history.  

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

Feb 01   In the year 1796 the capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.  

Feb 17   In the year 1796 giovanni Pacini, composer  

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

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

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

Feb 28   Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1796.  

Feb 29   Jay's Treaty proclaimed, settles some differences with England in the year 1796.  

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

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

Mar 09   Napoléon Bonaparte marries Joséphine de Beauharnais in the year 1796.  

Mar 09   In the year 1796 napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine de Beauharnais  

Mar 17   On this day in history pieter Paulus, lawyer/Dutch CEO (National Convention), dies at 41  

Mar 19   On this day in history stephen Storace, composer, dies at 33  

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

Mar 28   In the year 1796 bethel African Methodist Church of Phila is 1st US-African church  

Mar 28   In the year 1796 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 in the year 1796.  

Apr 13   1st elephant arrives in US from India in the year 1796.  

Apr 13   In the year 1796 first elephant brought to America (from Bengal, India)  

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

Apr 24   In the year 1796 k L Immermann, writer  

Apr 26   Auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history august Pauly, German classicus (Real Encyclopedia)  

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Jan 07   Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (d. 1817) was born in the year 1796.  

Jan 21   John Gelinde van Blom, Frisian notary/author was born on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history birth of giovanni Pacini, composer  

Feb 17   In the year 1796 birth of philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (d. 1866)  

Feb 20   On this day in history birth of eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician  

Jan 01   Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, French mathematician (b. 1735) died in the year 1796.  

Jan 05   Samuel Huntington, US judge (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 64 in the year 1796.  

Jan 08   Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Fren Nat Convention chairman, dies at 46 in the year 1796.  

Jan 13   On this day in history death of john H. D. Anderson, Scottish scientist and inventor (b. 1726)  

Jan 22   Bernhard Hupfeld, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 28   Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1796.  

Mar 06   Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (b. 1713) died in the year 1796.