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

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   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 on this day in history.  

Feb 01   On this day in history the capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.  

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

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

Feb 20   On this day in history eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician  

Feb 22   In the year 1796 adolphe Quetelet, Belgium, mathematician/astronomer/statistician  

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

Feb 29   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine de Beauharnais  

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 in the year 1796.  

Mar 22   Gaspare Gabellone, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1796.  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 31   In the year 1796 johann Wolfgang von Goethes "Egmont", premieres in Weimar  

Mar 31   On this day in history johann Wolfgang von Goethes "Egmont," premieres in Weimar  

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

Apr 13   On this day in history first elephant brought to America (from Bengal, India)  

Apr 22   Napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi on this day in history.  

Apr 24   K L Immermann, writer in the year 1796.  

Apr 26   On this day in history auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer  

Apr 28   On this day in history cease fire of Cherasco  

May 04   In the year 1796 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   Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (d. 1817) was born in the year 1796.  

Jan 21   John Gelinde van Blom, Frisian notary/author was born in the year 1796.  

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of karl Claus, Russian chemist (d. 1864)  

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

Feb 01   In the year 1796 birth of abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss poet (d. 1865)  

Feb 17   On this day in history birth of giovanni Pacini, composer  

Feb 17   Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (d. 1866) was born in the year 1796.  

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   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   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   On this day in history james Macpherson, poet, dies  

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

Mar 06   In the year 1796 death of guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (b. 1713)