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 in the year 1796.  

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

Jan 25   William McGillivray, Old Aberdeen, naturalist in the year 1796.  

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   In the year 1796 giovanni Pacini, composer  

Feb 17   James Macpherson, poet, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 20   Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician in the year 1796.  

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

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

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

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

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

Mar 09   Napoléon Bonaparte marries Joséphine de Beauharnais in the year 1796.  

Mar 09   On this day in history napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine de Beauharnais  

Mar 17   In the year 1796 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   In the year 1796 bethel African Methodist Church of Phila is 1st US-African church  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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   K L Immermann, writer in the year 1796.  

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

Apr 28   Cease fire of Cherasco in the year 1796.  

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   On this day in history birth of john Gelinde van Blom, Frisian notary/author  

Jan 22   Karl Claus, Russian chemist (d. 1864) was born in the year 1796.  

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

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   In the year 1796 death of alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, French mathematician (b. 1735)  

Jan 05   Samuel Huntington, US judge (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Jan 08   In the year 1796 jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Fren Nat Convention chairman, dies at 46  

Jan 13   John H. D. Anderson, Scottish scientist and inventor (b. 1726) died in the year 1796.  

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

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