Historical Events In 1796

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 22   Bernhard Hupfeld, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1796.   

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

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

Jan 29   In the year 1796 in Toronto, Yonge Street officially opened, running from the town of York up to Lake Simcoe   

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

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

Feb 17   On this day in history 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   On this day in history friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56   

Feb 29   In the year 1796 jay's Treaty proclaimed, settles some differences with England   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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   Bethel African Methodist Church of Phila is 1st US-African church in the year 1796.   

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   On this day in history johann Wolfgang von Goethes "Egmont," premieres in Weimar   

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

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1796.   

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

Feb 17   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 13   John H. D. Anderson, Scottish scientist and inventor (b. 1726) died on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 28   Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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