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

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

* 1796 – George N. Briggs, American politician, 19th Governor of Massachusetts ( d. 1861 )

* 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 )

The Josty company had been founded in 1793 by two Swiss brothers, Johann and Daniel Josty, who had emigrated to Berlin from Sils in Switzerland and set up a bakery from which the café was a 1796 offshoot.

* October 3 – Johann Peter Uz, German poet ( d. 1796 )

In 1796, Weber continued his musical education in Hildburghausen, where he was instructed by the oboist Johann Peter Heuschkel.

Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe ( 30 November 1796 – 20 April 1869 ), usually called Carl Loewe ( sometimes seen as Karl Loewe ), was a German composer, baritone singer and conductor.

Johann Adam Möhler ( 6 May 1796 – 12 April 1838 ) was a German Roman Catholic theologian.

Gessner's life was written by Johann Jakob Hottinger ( Zürich, 1796 ), and by Heinrich Wölfflin ( Frauenfeld, 1889 ); see also his Briefwechsel mit seinem Sohn ( Correspondence with his son, Bern and Zürich, 1801 ).

Hermann and Dorothea is an epic poem, an idyll, written by German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe between 1796 and 1797, and was to some extent suggested by Johann Heinrich Voss's Luise, an idyll in hexameters, which was first published in 1782-84.

Through the influence of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ( 1749 – 1832 ), the ghazal became very popular in Germany during the 19th century ; the form was used extensively by Friedrich Rückert ( 1788 – 1866 ) and August von Platen ( 1796 – 1835 ).

* 1796 Johann Alois Senefelder invents the low cost printing technique of lithography.

Johann Christian Poggendorff ( 29 December 1796 – 24 January 1877 ), was a German physicist born in Hamburg.

It was administered from 1796 by Johann Gottfried Nake, who developed scientific crossing methods to further improve the Saxon Merino.

* Johann Friedrich Welsch ( 1796 – 1871 ), painter

Johann Daniel Titius ( January 2, 1729 – December 11, 1796 ) was a German astronomer and a professor at Wittenberg.

By 1796 the rules of this English game were well enough established to earn a mention in the German Johann Gutsmuths ' book on popular pastimes.

* Johann Baptist Streicher ( 1796, Vienna-1871, Vienna ), an Austrian piano maker

The music publisher Johann Ferdinand von Schönfeld wrote in 1796:

Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen () ( January 31, 1746 – February 15, 1818 ) was a Prussian general and the eldest son of Prince John Frederick ( Johann Friedrich ; died 1796 ) of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen.

38, which is a set of variations on the Austrian Folkslied A Schisserl und a Reindl, is åll mein Kuchlg ' schirr, used in the play Der Kaufmannsbude ( 1796 ), with music by Johann Baptist Henneberg ( 1768 – 1822 ) and text by Schikaneder ; and in the play Der Marktschreyer ( 1799 ), with music by Franz Xaver Süssmayr ( 1766 – 1803 ) and text by Friedrich Karl Lippert.

Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein, born Aloys Maria Joseph Johann Baptista Joachim Philipp Nerius ( 25 May / 26 May 1796 – 12 November 1858 ), was the sovereign Prince of Liechtenstein between 1836 and 1858.

Johann Peter Uz ( October 3, 1720 – May 12, 1796 ), German poet, was born at Ansbach.

Johann Alois Senefelder ( 6 November 1771 – 26 February 1834 ) was a German actor and playwright who invented the printing technique of lithography in 1796.

In 1796 he received his doctorate in Vienna, where he was a student of Johann Peter Frank ( 1745-1821 ).