Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1796. This year saw 25 significant events. 3 notable figures were born.
The Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1801) were a series of conflicts fought principally in Northern Italy between the French Revolutionary Army and a Coalition of Austria,…
Napoléon Bonaparte (26) marries his first wife Joséphine de Beauharnais (32), changing her name from Rose
English country doctor Edward Jenner administers his revolutionary cowpox-based vaccine for smallpox in Berkeley, Gloucestershire
Armand-Gaston Camus becomes chairman of the Council of 500
York was a town and the second capital of the colony of Upper Canada. It is the predecessor to the old city of Toronto (1834–1998).
Jay's Treaty proclaimed, settles some differences with England
1st National Meeting in the Hague
Bethel African Methodist Church of Philadelphia is 1st US-African church
French government arrest 10 utopists
Lombardian Republic forms
Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds
French garrison of Fort Charlotte on island of St Lucia surrenders to British forces, 2780 mostly black prisoners of war board ships to England [1]
James S. McLean granted a US patent for his improvements to the piano
Last of Britain's troops withdraws from USA
Ambrosio Bernardo O'Higgins y O'Higgins, 1st Marquess of Osorno (1720 – 19 March 1801) born Ambrose Bernard O'Higgins (Ambrós Bearnárd Ó hUiginn, in Irish), was an Irish-Spanish colonial...
US State Department issues first US passport
Cleveland, Ohio, founded by General Moses Cleaveland. Originally called 'Cleaveland', the public adopted the current name after a newspaper editor noticed the name was too long to fit on the page.
Boston African Society is established with 44 members
British defeat Batavian Navy in Saldanha Bay, South Africa
Spain and France sign an anti-British alliance
The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the AME Church or AME, is a Methodist denomination based in the United States.
The history of the Jews in the Netherlands largely dates to the late 16th century and 17th century, when Sephardic Jews from Portugal and Spain began to settle in Amsterdam and a few other Dutch...
General Salicetti orders equal rights for the Jews of Bologna, Italy
Spain declares war on England
Baltimore, also known as Baltimore City, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is the 30th-most populous U.S.
Horace Mann, American educational reformer and politician, known for american educational reformer and politician, was born on 1796-05-04.
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer, known for french physicist and engineer, was born on 1796-06-01. Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot was a French military engineer and physicist.
Walter Hunt, American mechanic and inventor, known for american mechanic and inventor, was born on 1796-07-29. Walter Hunt (July 29, 1796 – June 8, 1859) was an American mechanical engineer.
The Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1801) were a series of conflicts fought principally in Northern Italy between the French Revolutionary Army and a Coalition of Austria,…
Napoléon Bonaparte (26) marries his first wife Joséphine de Beauharnais (32), changing her name from Rose
English country doctor Edward Jenner administers his revolutionary cowpox-based vaccine for smallpox in Berkeley, Gloucestershire
Armand-Gaston Camus becomes chairman of the Council of 500
York was a town and the second capital of the colony of Upper Canada. It is the predecessor to the old city of Toronto (1834–1998).
Jay's Treaty proclaimed, settles some differences with England
1st National Meeting in the Hague
Bethel African Methodist Church of Philadelphia is 1st US-African church
French government arrest 10 utopists
Lombardian Republic forms
Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds
French garrison of Fort Charlotte on island of St Lucia surrenders to British forces, 2780 mostly black prisoners of war board ships to England [1]
James S. McLean granted a US patent for his improvements to the piano
Last of Britain's troops withdraws from USA
Ambrosio Bernardo O'Higgins y O'Higgins, 1st Marquess of Osorno (1720 – 19 March 1801) born Ambrose Bernard O'Higgins (Ambrós Bearnárd Ó hUiginn, in Irish), was an Irish-Spanish colonial...
US State Department issues first US passport
Cleveland, Ohio, founded by General Moses Cleaveland. Originally called 'Cleaveland', the public adopted the current name after a newspaper editor noticed the name was too long to fit on the page.
Boston African Society is established with 44 members
British defeat Batavian Navy in Saldanha Bay, South Africa
Spain and France sign an anti-British alliance
The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the AME Church or AME, is a Methodist denomination based in the United States.
The history of the Jews in the Netherlands largely dates to the late 16th century and 17th century, when Sephardic Jews from Portugal and Spain began to settle in Amsterdam and a few other Dutch...
General Salicetti orders equal rights for the Jews of Bologna, Italy
Spain declares war on England
Baltimore, also known as Baltimore City, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is the 30th-most populous U.S.
Horace Mann, American educational reformer and politician, known for american educational reformer and politician, was born on 1796-05-04.
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer, known for french physicist and engineer, was born on 1796-06-01. Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot was a French military engineer and physicist.
Walter Hunt, American mechanic and inventor, known for american mechanic and inventor, was born on 1796-07-29. Walter Hunt (July 29, 1796 – June 8, 1859) was an American mechanical engineer.