Historical Events In 1796

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

Jan 08   Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Fren Nat Convention chairman, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

Jan 21   On this day in history john Gelinde van Blom, Frisian notary/author   

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   William McGillivray, Old Aberdeen, naturalist on this day in history.   

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   Capital of Upper Canada transferred from Newark (Niagara) to York in the year 1796.   

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   In the year 1796 james Macpherson, poet, dies   

Feb 20   Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician on this day in history.   

Feb 22   Adolphe Quetelet, Belgium, mathematician/astronomer/statistician on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 29   [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belgian astronomer/meteorology on this day in history.   

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

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 in the year 1796.   

Mar 19   In the year 1796 stephen Storace, composer, dies at 33   

Mar 22   On this day in history gaspare Gabellone, composer, dies at 68   

Mar 28   In the year 1796 bethel African Methodist Church of Phila is 1st US-African church   

Mar 28   On this day in history bethel African Methodist Church of Philadelphia is first US-African church   

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

Apr 24   On this day in history k L Immermann, writer   

Apr 26   Auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer on this day in history.   

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   August Pauly, German classicus (Real Encyclopedia) in the year 1796.   

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Jan 07   On this day in history birth of princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (d. 1817)   

Jan 21   John Gelinde van Blom, Frisian notary/author was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1796.   

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

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 in the year 1796.   

Jan 01   On this day in history 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   Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Fren Nat Convention chairman, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1796.   

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

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