What happened in 1796?
127 recorded events in 1796, including 45 in wars & conflicts, 40 in people and 13 in architecture & engineering.
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Wars & Conflicts 45
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Battle of Lodi
1796 battle of the Napoleonic Wars
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Persian Expedition of 1796
War
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Battle of the Bridge of Arcole
1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Montenotte
1796 battle
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Battle of Mondovì
1796 battle
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Battle of Castiglione
1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition
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Italian Campaign of 1796-1797
Campaign of the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Millesimo
1796 battle
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Anglo-Spanish War
1796–1802 war, part of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars
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Second Battle of Dego
1796 battle
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Battle of Rovereto
1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Amberg
1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Bassano
1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Schliengen
1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Würzburg
1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Lonato
1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Biberach
1796 battle
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Battle of Borghetto
Battle during the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars
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Battle of Neresheim
1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Caldiero
1796 defeat of the French First Republic forces under Napoleon Bonaparte by a Habsburg corps
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Battle of Fombio
1796 battle of the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Emmendingen
1796 battle of the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Ettlingen
1796 battle of the French Revolutionary Wars
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Battle of Bziyuk
1796 battle between Bzhedug-Shapsug aristocrats and commoner militia
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Second Battle of Bassano
1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Saldanha Bay
1796 Dutch to British naval surrender
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Battle of Altenkirchen
1796 battle of the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Friedberg
1796 battle of the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Peschiera
1796 battle
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Battle of Kircheib
1796 battle
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Battle of Kehl
1796 battle in the war of the first coalition
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Storming of Derbent
1796 siege
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Battle of Ceva
1796 battle
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Battle of Wetzlar
1796 battle of the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Rastatt
1796 battle of the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Voltri
1796 battle of the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Theiningen
1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition
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Siege of Hüningen
1796 siege, part of the War of the First Coalition in the French Revolutionary Wars
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Battle of Martinići
1796 battle
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Battle of Limburg
1796
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Battle of Calliano
1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Lopate
1796 battle between the Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro and the Pashalik of Scutari
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Swedish–Tripolitanian war
1796–1802 naval conflict between Sweden and Ottoman Tripolitania
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Battle of Siegburg
1796 first engagement of the French offensive across the River Rhine
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Battle of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier
1796 during the Chouannerie
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Politics & Government 2
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Second Treaty of San Ildefonso
1796 treaty between France and Spain
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Treaty of Paris
1796 treaty between Kingdom of Sardinia and France
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People 40
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David Rittenhouse died
American astronomer (*1732 – †1796)
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Philip Carteret died
Royal Navy admiral (1733-1796)
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Erik Laxman died
Finland Swedish explorer (1737-1796)
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Penelope Barker died
American revolution activist
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Thomas Reid died
Scottish philosopher (1710–1796)
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Johann Daniel Titius died
German astronomer
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Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde died
French mathematician
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Gavriil Pribylov died
Russian explorer
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Bengt Anders Euphrasén died
Naturalist (1756-1796)
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Juan José Elhuyar died
Spanish chemist
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Gotthard Friedrich Stender died
Baltic German cleric and grammarian (1714-1796)
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Johan Wilcke died
Swedish physicist (1732-1796)
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Alexandre Guy Pingré died
French canon regular, astronomer and naval geographer
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Anna Barbara Reinhart died
Swiss mathematician
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John Anderson died
Scientist, philosopher, and educator of the Scottish Enlightenment; (1726-1796)
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Antonio Maria Lorgna died
Italian mathematician and engineer (1735-1796)
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Pierre-Marie-Jérôme Trésaguet died
French scientist (1716-1796)
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Richard Gridley died
British Army officer
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Giuseppe Santini died
Italian Abbot and mathematician
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Anthony Shepherd died
British astronomer
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Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois died
French actor and writer (1749-1796)
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Felice Giardini died
Italian composer and violinist
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Gustav Friedrich Wilhelm Großmann died
German actor and director
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Mary Ann Wrighten died
Composer (1751-1796)
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Jean-Baptiste Nicolet died
French actor
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Marie-Anne Botot Dangeville died
French actor and salon-holder (1714-1796)
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Franziska Romana Koch died
German opera singer
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Augustin Šenkýř died
Czech violinist, composer, organist and roman catholic priest
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Johanne Sophie Knudsen died
Danish stage actress
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August von Platen-Hallermünde born
Born in Ansbach. German poet (1796-1835).
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François Mignet born
Born in Aix-en-Provence. French historian and journalist (1796-1884).
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William Hickling Prescott born
Born in Salem. American historian and Hispanist (1796–1859).
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Manto Mavrogeni born
Born in Trieste. Greek revolutionary (1796-1848).
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Charles Cousin-Montauban born
Born in Paris. French general and statesman (1796-1878).
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Phan Thanh Gian born
Born in Biên Hòa. Vietnamese official (1796-1867).
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Juan Esteban Pedernera born
Born in San José del Morro. Argentine politician and military officer (1796–1886).
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George, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg born
Born in Hildburghausen. Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1848-1853).
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Pyotr Anjou born
Born in Vyshny Volochyok. Arctic explorer and admiral of Russian Navy.
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Antonios Kriezis born
Born in Troezen. Greek politician (1796-1865).
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Adolphe Crémieux born
Born in Nîmes. French-Jewish lawyer and statesman (1796-1880).
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Science & Technology 1
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Meise Botanic Garden
Botanic garden in Meise, Belgium
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Exploration & Discovery 2
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Ribchester Helmet
Ceremonial Roman helmet found in Ribchester
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Earl of Abergavenny
1796 British East India Company ship
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Religion & Belief Systems 11
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Mosque of Ahmadiyah
Old Iraqi mosque and school built in the Ottoman Empire in 1796
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Synagogue in Klieck
Synagogue in Klieck (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Grimbergen Abbey
Monastery
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Gate of Mercy Synagogue
Synagogue in Mumbai, India
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Abbaye d'Aywiers
Abbaye d'Aywiers (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Flône Abbey
Flône Abbey (Religion & Belief Systems).
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New Synagogue in Leszno
Synagogue
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synagogue de Nîmes
Synagogue located in Gard, in France
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Abbaye de Saint-Denis-en-Broqueroie
Abbaye de Saint-Denis-en-Broqueroie (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Congregation Kesher Israel
Synagogue in the Center of the city Philadelphia
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Radhakanta Temple
Temple in Kolkata
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Economy & Trade 6
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Phillips
Auction house
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Maison Louis Latour
Company
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John Harvey & Sons
Wine and sherry blending and merchant business
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Krüss Optronic
German manufacturer and distributor of optical and electronic laboratory equipment as well as instruments for gemology
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Binny & Ronaldson
Former type foundry
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Brymbo Steelworks
Former steelworks in Brymbo, Wales
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Disasters & Pandemics 1
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1796 Latakia earthquake
Earthquake
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Architecture & Engineering 13
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Gomel Palace
Palace in Gomel, Belarus
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Parish Church of Urtijëi
Church building in Urtijëi, Italy
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Gamlebyen Church
Church in Oslo, Norway
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Langenes Church
Church in Øksnes, Norway
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Hosanger Church
Church building in Osterøy, Norway
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Vevelstad Church
Church in Vevelstad, Norway
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Basílica del Juramento de San Rafael
Church building in Córdoba, Spain
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Vinje Church
Church building in Vinje, Eastern Norway
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Tuddal Church
Building in Hjartdal, Eastern Norway
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Church of St George, Bolton
Church in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Wearmouth Bridge
Bridge built in 1796
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St Luke's Church, Goostrey
Church in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK
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Buildwas Bridge
Buildwas Bridge (Architecture & Engineering).
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Empires & Countries 6
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Cispadane Republic founded
Cispadane Republic was founded.
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Transpadane Republic founded
Transpadane Republic was founded, with its capital at Milan.
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Anglo-Corsican Kingdom dissolved
Anglo-Corsican Kingdom ceased to exist, having been centered at Bastia.
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Afsharid Iran dissolved
Afsharid Iran ceased to exist, having been centered at Mashhad.
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Bani Khalid Emirate dissolved
Bani Khalid Emirate ceased to exist, having been centered at Al-Mubarraz.
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Republic of Graaff-Reinet dissolved
Republic of Graaff-Reinet ceased to exist, having been centered at Graaff-Reinet.
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