1796

Year 1796 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 11-day slower ).

January - June

 * - First (and general) elections for the . The next   were in.
 * - The capital of is moved from  to.
 * - The abdicates at age 84 to make way for his son, the.
 * -  marries.




 * - obtained conditions for the constructibility by ruler and compass of regular polygons and was able to announce that the regular 17-gon was constructible by ruler and compasses.
 * - The only night of would-be an play of  (actually written by ) ends in audience's laughter.
 * - . Engagement in the War of the . 's first victory as an army commander.
 * - The : during the night of, five highwaymen attack the mail between and , kill the postmen, and steal the funds sent to the armies in.
 * n troops storm.
 * . Engagement in the War of the . Gen. defeats n rearguard in forcing a crossing of the bridge over the  in . The  lose some 2,000 men, 14 guns, and 30 ammunition wagons.
 * - administers the first.
 * - 's troops take.
 * - Last mock in,.
 * - is admitted as the 16th.
 * - is admitted as the 16th.

July - December

 * - discovered that every positive integer is representable as a sum of at most three.
 * - The takes possession of  from  under the terms of the.
 * - The sets out from San Diego (now ) to find the Port of Monterey (now ).
 * - Surveyors of the name an area in  "" after , the  of the surveying party.
 * - : -  forces defeat n troops at.
 * -  issues his, which warns against partisan politics and foreign entanglements.
 * November: defeats  in the
 * - The (between the  and ) is signed at  (see also ).
 * - called Catherine "The Great" dies and is succeeded by her son . His wife  becomes.
 * - The returns from its terminus point (now ) to  after failing to find 's Port of Monterey (now ).
 * - : -  forces defeat the ns in.
 * - meets to elect.

Undated

 * The distillery is established in.
 * government purchase a 40 acre (162,000 m²) site at the first purposely built  camp in  at that time.
 * visits kingdom.
 * The seize  from the.

Births

 * -, Scottish naturalist and ornithologist (d. )
 * -, Belgian mathematician (d. )
 * -, Swiss mathematician (d. )
 * -, English actor (d. )
 * -, American educator and abolitionist (d. )
 * -, Russian mathematician of Czech origin (d.)
 * - Emperor (d. )
 * -, French painter (d. )
 * -, Swedish composer (d. )
 * -, American botanist (d. )
 * -, American land speculator (d. )
 * -, British poet (d. )
 * -, rebel revolucionary (d. )
 * -, French sculptor (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, German composer (d. )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, Scottish scientist and inventor (b. )
 * -, French royalist general (executed) (b. )
 * -, French writer (b. )
 * -, British naval officer and administrator (b. )
 * -, German poet (b. )
 * -, Swedish politician (b. )
 * -, English brewer and politician (b. )
 * -, American Revolutionary soldier (b. )
 * -, American Continental Congressman (b. )
 * -, British field marshal (b. )
 * -, Scottish poet (b. )
 * -, British army officer (b. )
 * -, American physician and President of Delaware (b. )
 * -, French royalist general (killed in battle) (b. )
 * -, Scottish philosopher (b. )
 * - of Russia (b, )


 * See also .