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

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

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

Jan 25   On this day in history william McGillivray, Old Aberdeen, naturalist  

Jan 29   On this day in history 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   In the year 1796 the capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.  

Feb 17   On this day in history giovanni Pacini, composer  

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

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

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

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

Mar 09   On this day in history napoléon Bonaparte marries Joséphine de Beauharnais  

Mar 09   Napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine de Beauharnais on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1796.  

Mar 28   In the year 1796 bethel African Methodist Church of Philadelphia is first US-African church  

Mar 31   On this day in history 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   1st elephant arrives in US from India on this day in history.  

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

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

Apr 28   Cease fire of Cherasco in the year 1796.  

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

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

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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   On this day in history birth of karl Claus, Russian chemist (d. 1864)  

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

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

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

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 in the year 1796.  

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

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

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