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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1796 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   In the year 1796 capital of Upper Canada transferred from Newark (Niagara) to York.   

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

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

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

Feb 29   Jay's Treaty proclaimed, settles some differences with England in the year 1796.   

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

Mar 01   On this day in history 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   Stephen Storace, composer, dies at 33 in the year 1796.   

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   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 in the year 1796.   

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

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

Feb 01   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 01   On this day in history death of alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, French mathematician (b. 1735)   

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 13   On this day in history death of john H. D. Anderson, Scottish scientist and inventor (b. 1726)   

Jan 22   On this day in history bernhard Hupfeld, composer, dies at 78   

Feb 17   In the year 1796 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)