1796

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.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1796 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1796
MDCCXCVI
French Republican calendar4–5
Ab urbe condita2549
Armenian calendar1245
ԹՎ ՌՄԽԵ
Assyrian calendar6546
Balinese saka calendar1717–1718
Bengali calendar1203
Berber calendar2746
British Regnal year36 Geo. 3  37 Geo. 3
Buddhist calendar2340
Burmese calendar1158
Byzantine calendar7304–7305
Chinese calendar乙卯(Wood Rabbit)
4492 or 4432
     to 
丙辰年 (Fire Dragon)
4493 or 4433
Coptic calendar1512–1513
Discordian calendar2962
Ethiopian calendar1788–1789
Hebrew calendar5556–5557
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1852–1853
 - Shaka Samvat1717–1718
 - Kali Yuga4896–4897
Holocene calendar11796
Igbo calendar796–797
Iranian calendar1174–1175
Islamic calendar1210–1211
Japanese calendarKansei 8
(寛政8年)
Javanese calendar1722–1723
Julian calendarGregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar4129
Minguo calendar116 before ROC
民前116年
Nanakshahi calendar328
Thai solar calendar2338–2339
Tibetan calendar阴木兔年
(female Wood-Rabbit)
1922 or 1541 or 769
     to 
阳火龙年
(male Fire-Dragon)
1923 or 1542 or 770

Events

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AprilJune

JulySeptember

OctoberDecember

Date unknown

  • The Spanish government lifts the restrictions against neutrals trading with the colonies, thus acknowledging Spain's inability to supply the colonies with needed goods and markets.
  • Robert Burns's version of the Scots poem Auld Lang Syne is first published, in this year's volume of The Scots Musical Museum.[12]
  • Annual British iron production reaches 125,000 tons.
  • Rizla rolling papers established.
  • Shinyukan School, as predecessor of Keio Gijyuku University founded in Nakatsu, Kyushu Island, Japan.
  • Oranjestad, Aruba is established

Births

Date unknown

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

AprilJune

JulySeptember

OctoberDecember

References

  1. Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 346. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  2. Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909, ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p171.
  3. Reginald George Burton (2010). Napoleon's Campaigns in Italy 1796–1797 & 1800, p. 22. ISBN 978-0-85706-356-4
  4. Reginald George Burton (2010). Napoleon's Campaigns in Italy 1796–1797 & 1800, p. 33. ISBN 978-0-85706-356-4
  5. Reginald George Burton (2010). Napoleon's Campaigns in Italy 1796–1797 & 1800, p. 43. ISBN 978-0-85706-356-4
  6. Tyrrell, Henry Grattan (1911). History of Bridge Engineering. Chicago: Published by the author. pp. 153–154. Retrieved August 16, 2011. 210. The Sunderland bridge over the Wear at Wearmouth.
  7. Troyano, Leonardo Fernández (2003). Bridge Engineering: a Global Perspective. London: Thomas Telford Publishing. p. 49. ISBN 0-7277-3215-3.
  8. "Sunderland Wearmouth Bridge". Wearside Online. Archived from the original on November 27, 2011. Retrieved August 16, 2011.
  9. Boycott-Brown, p. 438.
  10. Burton, Reginald George (2010). Napoleon's Campaigns in Italy 1796–1797 & 1800. pp. 75–80. ISBN 978-0-85706-356-4.
  11. Charters, Erica; Rosenhaft, Eve; Smith, Hannah (2012). Civilians and War in Europe, 1618-1815. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-1-84631-711-8.
  12. "Robert Burns - Auld Lang Syne". BBC. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  13. "Catherine the Great | Biography, Facts, & Accomplishments". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
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