What happened in 1796?

Battle of Lodi

Wars & Conflicts

1796 battle of the Napoleonic Wars

Persian Expedition of 1796

Wars & Conflicts · North Caucasus

War

Battle of the Bridge of Arcole

Wars & Conflicts · Arcole

1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition

Battle of Montenotte

Wars & Conflicts · Cairo Montenotte

1796 battle

Battle of Mondovì

Wars & Conflicts · Mondovì

1796 battle

Battle of Castiglione

Wars & Conflicts · Solferino

1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition

Italian Campaign of 1796-1797

Wars & Conflicts · Northern Italy

Campaign of the War of the First Coalition

Battle of Millesimo

Wars & Conflicts · Millesimo

1796 battle

Anglo-Spanish War

Wars & Conflicts · Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata

1796–1802 war, part of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars

Second Battle of Dego

Wars & Conflicts · Dego

1796 battle

Battle of Rovereto

Wars & Conflicts · Rovereto

1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition

Battle of Amberg

Wars & Conflicts · Amberg

1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition

Battle of Bassano

Wars & Conflicts · Bassano del Grappa

1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition

Battle of Schliengen

Wars & Conflicts · Schliengen

1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition

Battle of Würzburg

Wars & Conflicts · Würzburg

1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition

Battle of Lonato

Wars & Conflicts · Lonato del Garda

1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition

Battle of Biberach

Wars & Conflicts · Biberach an der Riß

1796 battle

Battle of Borghetto

Wars & Conflicts · Valeggio sul Mincio

Battle during the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars

Battle of Neresheim

Wars & Conflicts · Neresheim

1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition

Battle of Caldiero

Wars & Conflicts · Caldiero

1796 defeat of the French First Republic forces under Napoleon Bonaparte by a Habsburg corps

Battle of Fombio

Wars & Conflicts · Fombio

1796 battle of the War of the First Coalition

Battle of Emmendingen

Wars & Conflicts · Emmendingen

1796 battle of the War of the First Coalition

Battle of Ettlingen

Wars & Conflicts · Ettlingen

1796 battle of the French Revolutionary Wars

Battle of Bziyuk

Wars & Conflicts

1796 battle between Bzhedug-Shapsug aristocrats and commoner militia

Second Battle of Bassano

Wars & Conflicts · Bassano del Grappa

1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition

Battle of Saldanha Bay

Wars & Conflicts · Saldanha Bay

1796 Dutch to British naval surrender

Battle of Altenkirchen

Wars & Conflicts · Altenkirchen

1796 battle of the War of the First Coalition

Battle of Friedberg

Wars & Conflicts · Friedberg

1796 battle of the War of the First Coalition

Battle of Peschiera

Wars & Conflicts · Peschiera del Garda

1796 battle

Battle of Kircheib

Wars & Conflicts · Kircheib

1796 battle

Battle of Kehl

Wars & Conflicts · Kehl

1796 battle in the war of the first coalition

Storming of Derbent

Wars & Conflicts · Derbent

1796 siege

Battle of Ceva

Wars & Conflicts · Ceva

1796 battle

Battle of Wetzlar

Wars & Conflicts · Wetzlar

1796 battle of the War of the First Coalition

Battle of Rastatt

Wars & Conflicts · Rastatt

1796 battle of the War of the First Coalition

Battle of Voltri

Wars & Conflicts · Genoa

1796 battle of the War of the First Coalition

Battle of Theiningen

Wars & Conflicts

1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition

Siege of Hüningen

Wars & Conflicts · Huningue

1796 siege, part of the War of the First Coalition in the French Revolutionary Wars

Battle of Martinići

Wars & Conflicts · Spuž

1796 battle

Battle of Limburg

Wars & Conflicts · Limburg an der Lahn

1796

Battle of Calliano

Wars & Conflicts · Calliano

1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition

Battle of Lopate

Wars & Conflicts · Lopate

1796 battle between the Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro and the Pashalik of Scutari

Swedish–Tripolitanian war

Wars & Conflicts · Mediterranean Sea

1796–1802 naval conflict between Sweden and Ottoman Tripolitania

Battle of Siegburg

Wars & Conflicts · Siegburg

1796 first engagement of the French offensive across the River Rhine

Battle of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier

Wars & Conflicts · Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier

1796 during the Chouannerie

Expédition d'Irlande

Wars & Conflicts · Bantry Bay

1796 expedition during the War of the First Coalition

Action of 8 September 1796

Wars & Conflicts

Minor naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars

Action of 19 December 1796

Wars & Conflicts · Cartagena

1796 naval engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars

Montenotte Campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Liguria

Military campaign in the Wars of the French Revolution

Second Treaty of San Ildefonso

Politics & Government

1796 treaty between France and Spain

Treaty of Paris

Politics & Government · Paris

1796 treaty between Kingdom of Sardinia and France

Grenelle camp affair

Politics & Government

David Rittenhouse died

People · Philadelphia

American astronomer (*1732 – †1796)

Philip Carteret died

People · Southampton

Royal Navy admiral (1733-1796)

Erik Laxman died

People · Tobolsk

Finland Swedish explorer (1737-1796)

Penelope Barker died

People · Edenton

American revolution activist

Thomas Reid died

People · Glasgow

Scottish philosopher (1710–1796)

Johann Daniel Titius died

People · Lutherstadt Wittenberg

German astronomer

Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde died

People · Paris

French mathematician

Gavriil Pribylov died

People · Sitka

Russian explorer

Bengt Anders Euphrasén died

People · Stockholm

Naturalist (1756-1796)

Juan José Elhuyar died

People · Bogotá

Spanish chemist

Gotthard Friedrich Stender died

People · Sunākste

Baltic German cleric and grammarian (1714-1796)

Johan Wilcke died

People · Stockholm

Swedish physicist (1732-1796)

Alexandre Guy Pingré died

People · Paris

French canon regular, astronomer and naval geographer

Anna Barbara Reinhart died

People · Winterthur

Swiss mathematician

John Anderson died

People · Glasgow

Scientist, philosopher, and educator of the Scottish Enlightenment; (1726-1796)

Antonio Maria Lorgna died

People · Verona

Italian mathematician and engineer (1735-1796)

Pierre-Marie-Jérôme Trésaguet died

People · Paris

French scientist (1716-1796)

Richard Gridley died

People · Stoughton

British Army officer

Giuseppe Santini died

People · Staffolo

Italian Abbot and mathematician

Anthony Shepherd died

People · Kendal

British astronomer

Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois died

People · Sinnamary

French actor and writer (1749-1796)

Felice Giardini died

People · Moscow

Italian composer and violinist

Gustav Friedrich Wilhelm Großmann died

People · Hanover

German actor and director

Mary Ann Wrighten died

People · Charleston

Composer (1751-1796)

Jean-Baptiste Nicolet died

People · Paris

French actor

Marie-Anne Botot Dangeville died

People · former 10th arrondissement of Paris

French actor and salon-holder (1714-1796)

Franziska Romana Koch died

People · Dresden

German opera singer

Augustin Šenkýř died

People · Prague

Czech violinist, composer, organist and roman catholic priest

Johanne Sophie Knudsen died

People · Copenhagen

Danish stage actress

August von Platen-Hallermünde born

People · Ansbach

Born in Ansbach. German poet (1796-1835).

François Mignet born

People · Aix-en-Provence

Born in Aix-en-Provence. French historian and journalist (1796-1884).

William Hickling Prescott born

People · Salem

Born in Salem. American historian and Hispanist (1796–1859).

Manto Mavrogeni born

People · Trieste

Born in Trieste. Greek revolutionary (1796-1848).

Charles Cousin-Montauban born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. French general and statesman (1796-1878).

Phan Thanh Gian born

People · Biên Hòa

Born in Biên Hòa. Vietnamese official (1796-1867).

Juan Esteban Pedernera born

People · San José del Morro

Born in San José del Morro. Argentine politician and military officer (1796–1886).

George, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg born

People · Hildburghausen

Born in Hildburghausen. Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1848-1853).

Pyotr Anjou born

People · Vyshny Volochyok

Born in Vyshny Volochyok. Arctic explorer and admiral of Russian Navy.

Antonios Kriezis born

People · Troezen

Born in Troezen. Greek politician (1796-1865).

Adolphe Crémieux born

People · Nîmes

Born in Nîmes. French-Jewish lawyer and statesman (1796-1880).

Catherine II of Russia died

People · Saint Petersburg

Died in Saint Petersburg. Eighth Emperor of Russia, called the Great, r. 1762–1796 (lived 1729-1796).

Nicholas I of Russia born

People · Pushkin

Born in Pushkin. The 11th Emperor of Russia, 1825–1855 (lived 1796-1855).

Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel died

People · Fredensborg Palace

Died in Fredensborg Palace. Queen consort of Denmark and Norway.

Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg born

People · Copenhagen

Born in Copenhagen. Queen consort of Denmark (1796–1881).

Ang Duong born

People · Udong

Born in Udong. Cambodian politician (1796–1860).

Johannes von Geissel born

People · Gimmeldingen

Born in Gimmeldingen. Catholic cardinal (1796-1864).

Jean Reboul born

People · Nîmes

Born in Nîmes. French poet.

Uthumphon died

People · Amarapura

Died in Amarapura. King of Siam.

Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz born

People · Eisenach

Born in Eisenach. Prussian general (1796–1877).

Meise Botanic Garden

Science & Technology

Botanic garden in Meise, Belgium

University of Strathclyde

Science & Technology · Glasgow

University in Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Sofiyivsky Park

Science & Technology · Uman

Arboretum in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine

National Gallery Prague

Science & Technology

Art museum in Prague, Czechia

Ribchester Helmet

Exploration & Discovery · British Museum

Ceremonial Roman helmet found in Ribchester

Earl of Abergavenny

Exploration & Discovery · Weymouth Bay

1796 British East India Company ship

Newfoundland expedition

Exploration & Discovery · Saint Pierre and Miquelon

1796 action of the War of the First Coalition

Kandyan Wars

Exploration & Discovery · Kingdom of Kandy

British Army expeditionary campaigns

Mosque of Ahmadiyah

Religion & Belief Systems

Old Iraqi mosque and school built in the Ottoman Empire in 1796

Synagogue in Klieck

Religion & Belief Systems

Grimbergen Abbey

Religion & Belief Systems

Monastery

Gate of Mercy Synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue in Mumbai, India

Abbaye d'Aywiers

Religion & Belief Systems

Flône Abbey

Religion & Belief Systems

New Synagogue in Leszno

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue

synagogue de Nîmes

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue located in Gard, in France

Abbaye de Saint-Denis-en-Broqueroie

Religion & Belief Systems

Congregation Kesher Israel

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue in the Center of the city Philadelphia

Radhakanta Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple in Kolkata

Jewish cemetery of Besançon

Religion & Belief Systems

Cemetery located in Doubs, in France

Orani Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic church in Orani, Bataan in the Philippines

Cimetière juif de Phalsbourg

Religion & Belief Systems

Cemetery located in Moselle, in France

Santi Filippo e Giacomo

Religion & Belief Systems · Ravalle

Church building in Ferrara, Italy

Bajijing Wudi Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Village church Saaringen

Religion & Belief Systems · Saaringen

Church building in Brandenburg, Germany

Exaltation of the Holy Cross church in Rudawka

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Rudawka, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland

Tanbian Dongming Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Taoist temple in Huxi Township, Penghu 885 Taiwan

Centre Meeting and Schoolhouse

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Delaware, United States of America

North Yarmouth and Freeport Baptist Meetinghouse

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Maine, United States of America

Old Stone Church

Religion & Belief Systems

historic church in Lewisburg, West Virginia

Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Pennsylvania, United States of America

John the Baptist church in Brenna

Religion & Belief Systems

Historic church in Brenna, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Phillips

Economy & Trade · London

Auction house

Maison Louis Latour

Economy & Trade · Beaune

Company

John Harvey & Sons

Economy & Trade · Bodegas John Harveys

Wine and sherry blending and merchant business

Krüss Optronic

Economy & Trade · Hamburg

German manufacturer and distributor of optical and electronic laboratory equipment as well as instruments for gemology

Binny & Ronaldson

Economy & Trade · Philadelphia

Former type foundry

Brymbo Steelworks

Economy & Trade

Former steelworks in Brymbo, Wales

1796 Latakia earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake

Courrier de Lyon case

Disasters & Pandemics · Vert-Saint-Denis

1796 French legal case

Gomel Palace

Architecture & Engineering

Palace in Gomel, Belarus

Parish Church of Urtijëi

Architecture & Engineering · Urtijëi

Church building in Urtijëi, Italy

Gamlebyen Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Oslo, Norway

Langenes Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Øksnes, Norway

Hosanger Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Osterøy, Norway

Vevelstad Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Vevelstad, Norway

Basílica del Juramento de San Rafael

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Córdoba, Spain

Vinje Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Vinje, Eastern Norway

Tuddal Church

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Hjartdal, Eastern Norway

Church of St George, Bolton

Architecture & Engineering · Bolton

Church in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Wearmouth Bridge

Architecture & Engineering

Bridge built in 1796

St Luke's Church, Goostrey

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK

Buildwas Bridge

Architecture & Engineering

Fort George

Architecture & Engineering

Fort in Ontario, Canada

Church of Saint Barbara, Moscow

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Moscow, Russia

Church of Yaroslavl Miracle-Workers (Kazan)

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Kazan, Russia

Priyutino estate

Architecture & Engineering

Cispadane Republic founded

Empires & Countries

Cispadane Republic was founded.

Transpadane Republic founded

Empires & Countries · Milan

Transpadane Republic was founded, with its capital at Milan.

Anglo-Corsican Kingdom dissolved

Empires & Countries · Bastia

Anglo-Corsican Kingdom ceased to exist, having been centered at Bastia.

Afsharid Iran dissolved

Empires & Countries · Mashhad

Afsharid Iran ceased to exist, having been centered at Mashhad.

Bani Khalid Emirate dissolved

Empires & Countries · Al-Mubarraz

Bani Khalid Emirate ceased to exist, having been centered at Al-Mubarraz.

Republic of Graaff-Reinet dissolved

Empires & Countries · Graaff-Reinet

Republic of Graaff-Reinet ceased to exist, having been centered at Graaff-Reinet.

Tennessee founded

Empires & Countries · Nashville

Tennessee was founded, with its capital at Nashville.

Republic of Alba founded

Empires & Countries · Alba

Republic of Alba was founded, with its capital at Alba.

Bolognese Republic founded

Empires & Countries · Bologna

Bolognese Republic was founded, with its capital at Bologna.

Afsharid dynasty dissolved

Empires & Countries

Afsharid dynasty ceased to exist.