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   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   On this day in history in Toronto, Yonge Street officially opened, running from the town of York up to Lake Simcoe  

Feb 01   On this day in history capital of Upper Canada transferred from Newark (Niagara) to York.  

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   James Macpherson, poet, dies in the year 1796.  

Feb 20   In the year 1796 eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician  

Feb 22   Adolphe Quetelet, Belgium, mathematician/astronomer/statistician in the year 1796.  

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

Feb 29   On this day in history jay's Treaty proclaimed, settles some differences with England  

Feb 29   In the year 1796 [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belgian astronomer/meteorology  

Mar 01   1st National Meeting in the Hague in the year 1796.  

Mar 09   Napoléon Bonaparte marries Joséphine de Beauharnais on this day in history.  

Mar 09   On this day in history 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 in the year 1796.  

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

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

Apr 22   In the year 1796 napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi  

Apr 24   In the year 1796 k L Immermann, writer  

Apr 26   Auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer in the year 1796.  

Apr 28   Cease fire of Cherasco on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

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