1796 - What happened in 1796 ?

February 1796

Monday 01:

The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.

March 1796

Wednesday 09:

Napoléon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.

April 1796

Thursday 28:

The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Vittorio Amedeo III, the King of Sardinia, expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast.

May 1796

Tuesday 10:

First Coalition: Napoleon I of France wins a decisive victory against Austrian forces at Lodi bridge over the River Adda in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men.

Saturday 14:

Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination.

June 1796

Wednesday 01:

Tennessee becomes the 16th state of the United States.

July 1796

Monday 11:

The U.S. takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty.

Friday 22:

Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio "Cleveland" after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party.

September 1796

Thursday 08:

French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano.

Monday 19:

George Washington makes his farewell address