Year 1796 in History - Important Historical Events of the year 1796

The year 1796 has a special significance of its own in India and world history. Let us know some such important events of the year 1796 such as: born famous people, death of famous people, war treaty, independence of a country, invention of new technology, change of power, important national and international day etc., knowing which your general Knowledge will increase.

World Events

Important Historical Events of the Year 1796 in World ⚡

Date	Incident/Event
04 april	French naturalist Georges Cuvier delivered a lecture at the National Museum of Natural History on living and fossil remains of elephants and related species, founding the science of paleontology.
14 may	English physician Edward Jenner began testing cowpox as avaccine against smallpox.
04 august	French Revolutionary Wars-The French Army of Italy underNapoleon crushed an Austrian brigade in the Battle of Lonato.
07 september	French Revolutionary Wars-The French defeated Austrian forcesin Bassano, Venetia, present-day Italy.
17 november	French Revolutionary Wars-French forces defeated the Austriansat the Battle of the Bridge of Arcole in a manoeuvre to cut the latter'sline of retreat.
10 May	Napoleon defeated Austria in the Battle of Lodi Bridge.
03 November	John Adams was elected President of the United States.
04 December	Bajirao II was appointed Peshwa.
16 January	The first Dutch and general) elections were held for the National Assembly of the Batvian Republic, the next Dutch general election held in 1888).
16 February	Great Britain was granted control of Ceylon by the Dutch.
09 March	The widow Josephine de Beauharnais married General Napoleon Bonaparte.
12 April	First Alliance War - Battle of Monnet: Napoleon Bonaparte won his first victory as an army commander.
14 May	In England, Edward Jenner first vaccinated smallpox.
21 June	British explorer Mungo Park became the first European to reach the Niger River.
21 July	Mungo Park reached Segou, the capital of the Bamna Empire.
04 August	French Revolutionary War - Battle of Lonana: Italy's French army under Napoleon crushed an Austrian brigade.
28 September	Queen Catherine the Great signed an agreement with Great Britain, formally joining Russia in the alliance.
05 October	Spain declared war on England.
03 November	John Adams defeated Thomas Jefferson in the US presidential election.
03 December	Baji Rao II was made the Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. He was the last Peshwa of the Maratha Empire.