Notable Historical Events - 1796
1796 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 23 |
Armand-Gaston Camus becomes chairman of Council of 500 |
Feb 1 |
The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York. |
Feb 29 |
Jay's Treaty proclaimed, settles some differences with England |
Mar 1 |
1st National Meeting in the Hague |
Mar 28 |
Bethel African Methodist Church of Phila is 1st US-African church |
Mar 30 |
Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, discovers the construction of the heptadecagon |
Mar 31 |
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "Egmont" premieres in Weimar |
Apr 8 |
Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, proves the quadratic reciprocity law (the ability to determine the solvability of any quadratic equation in modular arithmetic) |
Apr 13 |
1st elephant arrives in US from India |
Apr 13 |
Battle at Millesimo Italy: Napoleon beats Austrians |
Apr 21 |
Napoleon and the French defeat the Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi |
Apr 28 |
Cease fire of Cherasco |
May 10 |
French government arrest 10 utopists |
May 10 |
Napoleon defeats Austria in Battle of Lodi Bridge |
May 10 |
Riot after disagreement of patriotic demand in Amsterdam |
May 14 |
English country doctor Edward Jenner administered the first inoculation against smallpox, using cowpox pus, in Berkeley, Gloucestershire |
May 15 |
France & Sardinia sign Peace treaty of Paris |
May 15 |
French troops occupy Milan |
May 15 |
First Coalition: Napoleon enters Milan in triumph. |
May 16 |
Lombardian Republic forms |
May 19 |
Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds |
May 27 |
James S McLean patents his piano |
Jun 1 |
Last of Britain's troops withdraws from US |
Jun 1 |
Tennessee admitted as 16th US state |
Jul 4 |
1st Independence Day celebration is held |
Jul 8 |
US State Dept issues 1st American passport |
Jul 10 |
Carl Friedrich Gauss discovers that every positive integer is representable as a sum of at most three triangular numbers. |
Jul 22 |
Cleveland, Ohio, founded by Gen Moses Cleveland |
Aug 8 |
Boston African Society establishes with 44 members |
Aug 17 |
British beat Batavian navy in Saldanha Bay South Africa |
Aug 19 |
Spain & France sign anti-British alliance |
Aug 23 |
African Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated |
Sep 2 |
Jews of the Netherlands are emancipated |
Sep 5 |
General Salicetti orders equal rights for Jews of Bologna, Italy |
Sep 8 |
Battle of Bassano-French beat Austrians |
Sep 19 |
George Washington's farewell address as president |
Oct 5 |
Spain declares war on England |
Nov 3 |
John Adams elected president of the United States of America |
Nov 17 |
Battle of Arcole-Napoleon I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy |
Dec 18 |
1st US newspaper to appear on Sunday (Baltimore Monitor) |
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