Historical Events In 1796

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

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

Feb 01   On this day in history 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 in the year 1796.   

Feb 17   In the year 1796 james Macpherson, poet, dies   

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

Feb 22   On this day in history adolphe Quetelet, Belgium, mathematician/astronomer/statistician   

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

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

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

Mar 01   On this day in history 1st National Meeting in the Hague   

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

Mar 09   In the year 1796 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   In the year 1796 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   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   First elephant brought to America (from Bengal, India) on this day in history.   

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   Auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer in the year 1796.   

Apr 28   Cease fire of Cherasco in the year 1796.   

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

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

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Jan 07   On this day in history 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   In the year 1796 birth of karl Claus, Russian chemist (d. 1864)   

Jan 25   In the year 1796 birth of william McGillivray, Old Aberdeen, naturalist   

Feb 01   In the year 1796 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 in the year 1796.   

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   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   In the year 1796 bernhard Hupfeld, composer, dies at 78   

Feb 17   In the year 1796 james Macpherson, poet, dies   

Feb 28   Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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