1796

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

Decades: 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s - 1790s - 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s

Years: 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 - 1796 - 1797 1798 1799 1800 1801

Events

Edward Jenner develops vaccination, using cowpox to protect against smallpox
February 1 - The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark[?] to York
May 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.
May 14 - Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination.
June 1 - Tennessee is admitted as the 16th U.S. state.
November: John Adams defeats Thomas Jefferson in U.S. presidential election
December 7 - U.S. Electoral College meets to elect John Adams president
British government purchase a 40 acre site at Norman Cross the first purposely built prisoner of war camp in England at that time.

Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy

1796 in literature:

Births

February 22 - Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, mathematician (+ 1874)
July 6 - Emperor Nicholas I of Russia
September 19 - Hartley Coleridge[?], British poet
November 30 - Carl Loewe, composer

Deaths

July 21 - Robert Burns, Scots poet
November 17 - Catherine the Great of Russia

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