Historical Events In 1796

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 21   In the year 1796 john Gelinde van Blom, Frisian notary/author   

Jan 22   In the year 1796 bernhard Hupfeld, composer, dies at 78   

Jan 23   On this day in history armand-Gaston Camus becomes chairman of Council of 500   

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   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 in the year 1796.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   Napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine de Beauharnais on this day in history.   

Mar 17   Pieter Paulus, lawyer/Dutch CEO (National Convention), dies at 41 in the year 1796.   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 28   Bethel African Methodist Church of Philadelphia is first US-African church on this day in history.   

Mar 31   Johann Wolfgang von Goethes "Egmont", premieres in Weimar on this day in history.   

Mar 31   Johann Wolfgang von Goethes "Egmont," premieres in Weimar in the year 1796.   

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

Apr 13   In the year 1796 first elephant brought to America (from Bengal, India)   

Apr 22   Napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi in the year 1796.   

Apr 24   In the year 1796 k L Immermann, writer   

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

Apr 28   Cease fire of Cherasco on this day in history.   

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

May 09   August Pauly, German classicus (Real Encyclopedia) in the year 1796.   

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

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   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   Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, French mathematician (b. 1735) died on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1796 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   On this day in history death of john H. D. Anderson, Scottish scientist and inventor (b. 1726)   

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

Feb 17   James Macpherson, poet, dies in the year 1796.   

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.