1796
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Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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Centuries: | 17th century – 18th century – 19th century |
Decades: | 1760s 1770s 1780s – 1790s – 1800s 1810s 1820s |
Years: | 1793 1794 1795 – 1796 – 1797 1798 1799 |
1796 Media
November 17: Battle of Arcole: French General Napoleon Bonaparte leads troops in defeat of the Austrian Army
Jean Reboul born 23 January
Erasmus Engert born 4 February
Léon Talabot born 5 February
1796 (MDCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1796th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 796th year of the 2nd millennium, the 96th year of the 18th century, and the 7th year of the 1790s decade. As of the start of 1796, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
- An English doctor invents a vaccination against smallpox.
Births
- January 7-Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
- July 26 - George Catlin, American painter
- December 27 – Mirza Ghalib, poet of Urdu