Important Historical Events of the year 1796, Year 1796 in History

List of 1796 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1796

What happened in the year 1796?

Date Event
February 1, 1796 The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.
February 16, 1796 Colombo in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) falls to the British, completing their invasion of Ceylon.
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.
March 1, 1796 The Dutch East India Company is nationalized by the Batavian Republic.
March 9, 1796 Napoléon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.
April 4, 1796 Georges Cuvier delivers the first paleontological lecture.
April 28, 1796 The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Vittorio Amedeo III, King of Sardinia, expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast.
May 10, 1796 War of the First Coalition: Napoleon wins a victory against Austrian forces at Lodi bridge over the Adda River in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men.
May 14, 1796 Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox inoculation.
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.
August 5, 1796 The Battle of Castiglione in Napoleon's first Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars.
September 8, 1796 French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano: French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa.
September 19, 1796 George Washington's Farewell Address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.
November 17, 1796 French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Bridge of Arcole: French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy.
December 19, 1796 French Revolutionary Wars: Two British frigates under Commodore Horatio Nelson and two Spanish frigates under Commodore Don Jacobo Stuart engage in battle off the coast of Murcia.
December 31, 1796 The incorporation of Baltimore as a city.