Historical Events In 1796

Jan 05   In the year 1796 samuel Huntington, US judge (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 64  

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 in the year 1796.  

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

Feb 17   In the year 1796 giovanni Pacini, composer  

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

Feb 20   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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   Pieter Paulus, lawyer/Dutch CEO (National Convention), dies at 41 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

Apr 13   First elephant brought to America (from Bengal, India) on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer  

Apr 28   In the year 1796 cease fire of Cherasco  

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

May 09   On this day in history august Pauly, German classicus (Real Encyclopedia)  

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

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 in the year 1796.  

Feb 01   On this day in history birth of abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss poet (d. 1865)  

Feb 17   Giovanni Pacini, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1796.  

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

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

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

Mar 06   Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (b. 1713) died on this day in history.