Historical Events In 1796

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

Jan 08   On this day in history 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   On this day in history bernhard Hupfeld, composer, dies at 78  

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

Jan 25   In the year 1796 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   Giovanni Pacini, composer on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1796 adolphe Quetelet, Belgium, mathematician/astronomer/statistician  

Feb 28   On this day in history friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56  

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   1st National Meeting in the Hague on this day in history.  

Mar 09   In the year 1796 napoléon Bonaparte marries Joséphine de Beauharnais  

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   Stephen Storace, composer, dies at 33 in the year 1796.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 13   1st elephant arrives in US from India on this day in history.  

Apr 13   First elephant brought to America (from Bengal, India) in the year 1796.  

Apr 22   Napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi in the year 1796.  

Apr 24   K L Immermann, writer on this day in history.  

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

Apr 28   Cease fire of Cherasco in the year 1796.  

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

May 09   August Pauly, German classicus (Real Encyclopedia) on this day in history.  

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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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Feb 17   Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (d. 1866) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 20   In the year 1796 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   In the year 1796 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   John H. D. Anderson, Scottish scientist and inventor (b. 1726) died in the year 1796.  

Jan 22   On this day in history bernhard Hupfeld, composer, dies at 78  

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

Feb 28   In the year 1796 friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56  

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