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1796 Calendar
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1796 Historical Event(s)
- February 1, 1796 – The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.
- February 29, 1796 – The Jay Treaty between the United States and Great Britain comes into force, facilitating ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations.
- April 13, 1796 – The first elephant ever seen in the United States arrives from India.
- May 14, 1796 – Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination.
- June 1, 1796 – Tennessee is admitted as the 16th state of the United States.
- July 11, 1796 – The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty.
- July 22, 1796 – Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio “Cleveland” after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party.
- August 4, 1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: Napoleon leads the French Army of Italy to victory in the Battle of Lonato.
- September 19, 1796 – George Washington’s farewell address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.
- November 17, 1796 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Arcole – French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy.
Who Were Born On 1796?
- January 7, 1796 – Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (d. 1817)
- February 17, 1796 – Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (d. 1866)
- February 22, 1796 – Alexis Bachelot, French missionary (d. 1837)
- April 10, 1796 – James “Jim” Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (d. 1836)
- May 4, 1796 – William H. Prescott, American historian (d. 1859)
- July 6, 1796 – Tsar Nicholas I of Russia (d. 1855)
- September 19, 1796 – Hartley Coleridge, English poet (d. 1849)
- December 17, 1796 – Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian novelist (d. 1865)
- December 27, 1796 – Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (d. 1869)
- December 29, 1796 – Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (d. 1877)