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What Happened in September 1796

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Historical Events

  • Sep 2 Jews of the Netherlands are emancipated
  • Sep 5 General Salicetti orders equal rights for Jews of Bologna, Italy

Battle of Bassano

Sep 8 Battle of Bassano: Napoleon Bonaparte's French army defeat Austrian force during French Revolutionary Wars

French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte

Washington's Farewell Address

Sep 19 George Washington's farewell address as US President is published

First US President George Washington

Events in 1796

Famous Birthdays

  • Sep 19 Hartley Coleridge, English poet, born in Kingsdown, Bristol, England (d. 1849)
  • Sep 20 Franz Wilhelm Ferling, German oboist and composer (48 études for oboe), born in Halberstadt, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1874)
  • Sep 22 Cornelius Stribling, American Naval Commander (Mexican–American War, Civil War), born in Pendleton, South Carolina (d. 1880)
  • Sep 25 Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor, born in Paris (d. 1875)
  • Sep 28 David Walker, African-American abolitionist (Appeal to Colored Citizens), born in Wilmington, North Carolina (d. 1830)
Born in 1796

Famous Deaths

  • Sep 21 François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, French general (b. 1769)
  • Sep 22 George Wilhelm Gruber, German composer, dies on 67th birthday
  • Sep 22 Joseph Lederer, German monastery composer, dies at 63


What Happened in 1796

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