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France-related events during the year of 1796
Events from the year 1796 in
France.
Incumbents
Events
- 9 March -
Widow
Joséphine de Beauharnais marries
General
Napoléon Bonaparte.
- 12 April -
Battle of Montenotte, French victory over
Austria and Sardinian forces. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.
- 13 April -
Battle of Millesimo, French victory against Austrian and Sardinian forces.
- 14 April-15 April -
Second Battle of Dego, French victory over Austro-Sardinian forces.
- 21 April -
Battle of Mondovì, French victory over the
Kingdom of Sardinia.
- 10 May -
Battle of Lodi, French victory over Austria.
- 15 May - French troops take
Milan.
- 5 July -
Battle of Rastatt, French victory against Austria.
- 3-4 August -
2nd Battle of Lonato, French victory over Austria.
- 5 August -
Battle of Castiglione, French victory over Austria.
- 11 August -
Battle of Neresheim, French victory over Austria.
- 19 August -
Second Treaty of San Ildefonso, signed by France and
Spain, to ally against
Great Britain.
- 24 August -
Battle of Amberg, Austrian victory over French forces.
- 3 September -
Battle of Würzburg, Austrian victory over France.
- 4 September -
Battle of Rovereto, French victory against Austria.
- 8 September -
Battle of Bassano, French victory over Austrian forces.
- 15 November-17 November -
Battle of the Bridge of Arcole, French victory over Austria.
Births
- 8 February -
Barthélemy-Prosper Enfantin, social reformer (died
1864)
- 17 February -
Louis Eugène Marie Bautain,
philosopher and
theologian (died
1867)
- 22 February -
Alexis Bachelot,
Roman Catholic priest and
Prefect Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands (present Hawaii) (died
1837)
- 17 March -
Jean-François Bayard, playwright (died
1853)
- 24 March -
Zulma Carraud, children's author (died
1889)
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- 31 March -
Philippe Buchez, author and politician (died
1866)
- 1 June -
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot,
physicist and
military engineer (died
1832)
- 24 June -
Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao, general and statesman (died
1878)
- 17 July -
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, painter (died
1875)
- 24 September -
Antoine-Louis Barye, sculptor (died
1875)
- 6 November -
Jean-Claude-Léonard Baveux, priest and missionary in
Canada (died
1865)
- 21 November -
Jean Zuléma Amussat, surgeon (died
1856)
Full date unknown
Deaths
- 1 January -
Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde,
musician and
chemist (born
1735)
- 8 January -
Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, actor, dramatist, essayist, and
revolutionary (born
1749)
- 23 February -
Jean-Nicolas Stofflet, leader of
Revolt in the Vendée (born
1751)
- 6 March -
Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, writer (born
1711)
- 26 March -
François de Charette, soldier and politician (born
1763)
- 1 May -
Alexandre Guy Pingré,
astronomer and naval
geographer (born
1711)
- 30 July -
Nicolas de Pigage, architect (born
1723)
- 21 September -
François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, General (born
1769)
- 27 September -
Jean-Bernard Gauthier de Murnan, General (born
1748)
- 16 October -
Antoine-Joseph Pernety, writer (born
1716)
Full date unknown
See also
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