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

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.

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

Though he wanted to return to private life at the end of his appointment, Washington appointed him minister to Portugal in 1796, where he was soon promoted to the Berlin Legation.

Associate Justice William Cushing received nomination and confirmation as Chief Justice in January 1796, but declined the office ; President Washington then nominated, and the Senate confirmed, Oliver Ellsworth, who served instead.

In 1796, Washington appointed Benjamin Hawkins as General Superintendent of Indian Affairs dealing with all tribes south of the Ohio River.

Greene County was created on February 9, 1796, from part of Washington County and named for General Nathanael Greene.

The Spanish log fort San Juan del Misuri ( 1796 – 1803 ) was built in present-day Washington.

Georgia's 94th county was named for William Washington Gordon ( 1796 – 1842 ), the first Georgian to graduate from West Point and first president of the Central of Georgia Railroad ( See a monument to William Gordon in Savannah, Georgia ).

In 1796, the town was made the county seat of Washington County.

When the Western Reserve began being surveyed in 1796, what is now Munroe Falls was mostly in the southern part of the survey township Town 3, Range 10 ( later to be Stow Township ), then a part of Washington County before being placed in the new Jefferson County the following year.

On February 9, 1790, Elias Stone ’ s growing village was named Greensburgh ( later changed to Greensboro ) in honor of the Revolutionary War Hero, Nathanael Greene, for whom Greene County was also named when it was formed from Washington County in 1796.

Through Bushrod Washington, Latrobe was able to pay a visit to Mount Vernon to meet with the President in the summer of 1796.

Martha Washington was upset when her lady's maid Oney Judge, a " dower " slave, escaped in 1796 from the Philadelphia household during Washington's second term.

His best known work, the unfinished portrait of George Washington that is sometimes referred to as The Athenaeum, was begun in 1796 and never finished ; Stuart retained the portrait and used it to paint 130 copies which he sold for $ 100 each.

Gilbert Stuart's unfinished 1796 painting of George Washington, also known as The Athenaeum, is his most celebrated and famous work.

Washington subsequently nominated Cushing on January 26, 1796 ; the Senate unanimously confirmed the nomination.

Appointed by George Washington as General Superintendent for Indian Affairs ( 1796 – 1818 ), he had responsibility for the territory of the Southeast south of the Ohio River, and was principal Indian agent to the Creek Indians.

In 1796, Washington appointed Benjamin Hawkins as General Superintendent of Indian Affairs, dealing with all tribes south of the Ohio River.

He was a cousin of Jones Quain ( 1796 – 1865 ), the author of Quain's Elements of Anatomy and of Richard Quain ( 1800-1887 ), who was president of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1868, and left to University College, London, funds with which the Quain professorships of botany, English language and literature, law, and physics were endowed.

In 1795, with William Tyler, Dance was appointed to examine the accounts of the academy following the resignation of Sir William Chambers, and in 1796 they became the Academy's first auditors, helping put the institution on a sounder financial footing.

Although it was founded in 1796, the first prize was not given until 1839, as the academy could not find anyone who, in their judgement, deserved the award.

He served as treasurer of the academy from 1796 to 1820.

The Lansingburgh academy was chartered by the Regents of the University February 20, 1796, in response to a petition signed December 24, 1795, by influential residents of the village.