1796 in France

See also: 1795 in France, other events of 1796, 1797 in France.

Events from the year 1796 in France.

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.
• 15 May - Treaty of Paris signed between France and Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia.
• 5 July - Battle of Rastatt, French victory against 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

• 22 February - Alexis Bachelot, Roman Catholic priest and Prefect Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands (present Hawaii) (d.1837).
• 17 March - Jean-François Bayard, playwright (d.1853).
• 31 March - Philippe Buchez, author and politician (d.1866).
• 1 June - Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, physicist and military engineer (d.1832).
• 24 June - Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao, general and statesman (d.1878).
• 17 July - Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, painter (d.1875).
• 24 September - Antoine-Louis Barye, sculptor (d.1875).
• 6 November - Jean-Claude-Léonard Baveux, priest and missionary in Canada (d.1865).
• 21 November - Jean Zuléma Amussat, surgeon (d.1856).

Full date unknown

• Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, satirical poet (d.1867).
• Louis Eugène Marie Bautain, philosopher and theologian (d.1867).
• Joseph Paul Gaimard, naturalist (d.1858).

Deaths

• 1 January - Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, musician and chemist (b.1735).
• 8 January - Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, actor, dramatist, essayist, and revolutionary (b.1749).
• 23 February - Jean-Nicolas Stofflet, leader of Revolt in the Vendée (b.1751).
• 6 March - Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, writer (b.1711).
• 26 March - François de Charette, soldier and politician (b.1763).
• 1 May - Alexandre Guy Pingré, astronomer and naval geographer (b.1711).
• 30 July - Nicolas de Pigage, architect (b.1723).
• 21 September - François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, General (b.1769).
• 27 September - Jean-Bernard Gauthier de Murnan, General (b.1748).
• 16 October - Antoine-Joseph Pernety, writer (b.1716).

Full date unknown

• Jean Avisse, furniture maker (b.1723).
• Jean Théophile Victor Leclerc, revolutionary and publicist (b.1771).
• Pierre-Marie-Jérôme Trésaguet, engineer (b.1716).

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