What Happened in April 1796

Historical Events

Quadratic Reciprocity Law

Apr 8 Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, proves the quadratic reciprocity law (the ability to determine the solvability of any quadratic equation in modular arithmetic)

Mathematician, Astronomer and Physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss

Battle of Millesimo

Apr 13 Battle of Millesimo, Italy: Napoleon's forces defeat allied armies of Austria and of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont.

Apr 13 First elephant arrives in US from India
Apr 21 Napoleon and the French defeat the Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi
Apr 28 Armistice of Cherasco between Sardinia and Napoleon Bonaparte at Cherasco, Piedmont gives France territories of Piedmont, Savoy and Nice

Events in 1796

Famous Birthdays

Apr 10 James Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (Texas Revolution), born in Logan, Kentucky (d. 1836)
Apr 12 George N. Briggs, American lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of Massachusetts, born in Adams, Massachusetts (d. 1861)
Apr 24 Karl Leberecht Immermann, German writer, born in Magdeburg (d. 1840)
Apr 26 Auguste Mathieu Panseron, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1859)

Born in 1796

Famous Deaths

Apr 18 Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist, dies at 63

What Happened in 1796

Catherine the Great Builds a New Russia
November 6, 1796

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