Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1796. 1796 (MDCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday...

The 1796 United States presidential election was the third quadrennial presidential election of the United States. It was held from Friday, November 4...

The 1796–97 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification...

The Persian expedition of Catherine the Great in 1796, like the Persian expedition of Peter the Great (1722–1723), was one of the Russo-Persian Wars of...

The 1796 British general election returned members to serve in the 18th and last House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain. They were summoned...

The Pattern 1796 British infantry officer's sword was carried by officers of the line infantry in the British Army between 1796 and the time of its official...

The period from 1796 to 1855 in Russian history (covering the reigns of Paul I, Alexander I and Nicholas I) saw the Napoleonic Wars, government reform...

The Pattern 1796 heavy cavalry sword was the sword used by the British heavy cavalry (Lifeguards, Royal Horse Guards, Dragoon Guards and Dragoons), and...

The year 1796 in science and technology involved some significant events. Pierre-Simon Laplace publishes Exposition du système du monde, his work on astronomy...

The year 1796 in architecture involved some significant events. October 8 – The Sans Souci Theatre in Westminster, London, opens to the public, built by...