Historical Events In 1796

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 in the year 1796.  

Jan 21   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 17   Giovanni Pacini, composer in the year 1796.  

Feb 17   On this day in history james Macpherson, poet, dies  

Feb 20   On this day in history 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   In the year 1796 friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56  

Feb 29   In the year 1796 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 on this day in history.  

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   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   In the year 1796 gaspare Gabellone, composer, dies at 68  

Mar 28   On this day in history bethel African Methodist Church of Phila is 1st US-African church  

Mar 28   Bethel African Methodist Church of Philadelphia is first US-African church in the year 1796.  

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

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

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

Apr 13   On this day in history first elephant brought to America (from Bengal, India)  

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

Apr 24   On this day in history k L Immermann, writer  

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

Apr 28   On this day in history cease fire of Cherasco  

May 04   Horace Mann, US, educator/author/editor (pioneered public schools) in the year 1796.  

May 09   August Pauly, German classicus (Real Encyclopedia) in the year 1796.  

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

Jan 21   John Gelinde van Blom, Frisian notary/author was born in the year 1796.  

Jan 22   In the year 1796 birth of karl Claus, Russian chemist (d. 1864)  

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

Feb 01   Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss poet (d. 1865) was born in the year 1796.  

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

Feb 17   In the year 1796 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   In the year 1796 death of alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, French mathematician (b. 1735)  

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

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

Jan 13   In the year 1796 death of john H. D. Anderson, Scottish scientist and inventor (b. 1726)  

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

Feb 17   In the year 1796 james Macpherson, poet, dies  

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

Mar 06   On this day in history death of guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (b. 1713)