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 in the year 1796.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

Feb 17   On this day in history giovanni Pacini, composer   

Feb 17   On this day in history james Macpherson, poet, dies   

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   Jay's Treaty proclaimed, settles some differences with England in the year 1796.   

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   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history bethel African Methodist Church of Philadelphia is first US-African church   

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   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   On this day in history napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi   

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

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

Apr 28   On this day in history cease fire of Cherasco   

May 04   Horace Mann, US, educator/author/editor (pioneered public schools) on this day in history.   

May 09   On this day in history august Pauly, German classicus (Real Encyclopedia)   

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Jan 07   Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (d. 1817) was born on this day in history.   

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

Feb 01   Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss poet (d. 1865) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 01   In the year 1796 death of alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, French mathematician (b. 1735)   

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   John H. D. Anderson, Scottish scientist and inventor (b. 1726) died on this day in history.   

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

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

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)