* 1713 – Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer ( d. 1796 )

* 1716 – Felice Giardini, Italian composer and violinist ( d. 1796 )

* 1878 – John Corry Wilson Daly, Canadian politician ( b. 1796 )

* 1720 – Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician ( d. 1796 )

* 1796 – James Lick, American carpenter and piano builder ( d. 1876 )

* 1796 – The first elephant ever seen in the United States arrives from India.

* 1724 – Abraham Yates, Jr., American lawyer and civil servant ( d. 1796 )

* 1796 – The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Vittorio Amedeo III, the King of Sardinia, expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast.

* 1720 – Samuel Whitbread, English politician and brewer, founded Whitbread ( d. 1796 )

* 1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: Napoleon leads the French Army of Italy to victory in the Battle of Lonato.

Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia from 1762 – 1796, was a member of the House of Ascania, herself the daughter of Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst.

* Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst: 1252 – 1396 and 1544 – 1796

* Russian Empire: 1762 – 1796

* Two poets, Johann Peter Uz ( 1720 – 1796 ) and August von Platen-Hallermünde ( 1790 – 1835 ), were also born there.

#* Julie Joséphine Bonaparte ( 1796 – 1796 )

Robert Burns ( 1759 – 1796 )

* Cyril VII Siaj, Melkite patriarch of Antioch 1794 – 1796

Then in 1743 he further alienated his father by marrying Antoinette Champion ( 1710 – 1796 ), a devout Roman Catholic.

* 1860 – Alfred Bunn, British theatrical manager ( b. 1796 )

* 1865 – Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss poet ( b. 1796 )

* 1796 – Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet ( d. 1869 )

George Washington's Farewell Address | Washington's Farewell Address ( September 19, 1796 )

* 1718 – George Howard, English field marshal ( d. 1796 )

* 1796 – George Washington's farewell address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.

* June 17 – George Howard, British field marshal ( d. 1796 )

In April 1796, George wrote to Caroline, " We have unfortunately been oblig'd to acknowledge to each other that we cannot find happiness in our union.

** George Huntington ( Steuben County, NY ) ( 1796 – 1866 ), New York politician

* George Campbell ( 1719 – 1796 ) philosopher of language, theology, and rhetoric

McClellan was born in Philadelphia, the son of a prominent surgical ophthalmologist, Dr. George McClellan ( 1796 – 1847 ), the founder of Jefferson Medical College.

* George McClellan ( physician ) ( 1796 – 1847 ), American physician who founded medical schools

" Washington's Family " by Edward Savage ( artist ) | Edward Savage, painted between 1789 and 1796, shows ( from left to right ): George Washington Parke Custis, George Washington, Eleanor Parke Custis, Martha, and an enslaved servant: probably William Lee ( valet ) | William Lee or Christopher Sheels.

Gilbert Stuart, George Washington, also known as The Athenaeum and The Unfinished Portrait, 1796, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is his most celebrated and famous work.

The first Europeans to visit the area were the navigators George Bass and Matthew Flinders, who landed at Lake Illawarra in 1796.

He was a delegate to the Continental Congress from Maryland, and the third United States Secretary of War ( 1796 – 1800 ), under presidents George Washington and John Adams.

Artist George Catlin ( 1796 – 1872 ) traveled up the Missouri as far as North Dakota, producing accurate paintings of Native American culture.

George Washington visited in 1796, dining at Bogardus's, the second Traphagen tavern, when he stayed at a nearby friend's house.

In 1796, George Washington endowed the academy with the largest gift ever given to an educational institution at that time: $ 20, 000 in stock.

George Washington gave the school its first significant endowment in 1796, $ 20, 000, at the time the largest gift ever given to an educational institution in the United States, and Washington's gift continues to provide nearly $ 1. 87 a year toward every student's tuition.

Henry George Bohn ( January 4, 1796 – August 22, 1884 ) was a British publisher.

George Catlin ( July 26, 1796 – December 23, 1872 ) was an American painter, author and traveler who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the Old West.

Samuel Hood was created Baron Hood of Catherington in 1778 by King George III, an Irish Baron in 1782 and Viscount Hood of Whitley, Warwickshire in 1796 with a pension of £ 2000 per year for life ( about £ 300, 000 a year in present ( 2010 ) terms ).

Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath KG ( 1734 – 1796 ) was a British politician who held office under George III serving as Southern Secretary, Northern Secretary and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

In the context of privilege assertions by US Presidents, " In 1796, President George Washington refused to comply with a request by the House of Representatives for documents related to the negotiation of the then-recently adopted Jay Treaty with the Kingdom of Great Britain.

George Catlin ( 1796 – 1872 ); Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC