1st February » The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Niagara, Ontario called Newark to Toronto named York.
29th February » The Jay Treaty between the United States and Great Britain comes into force, facilitating ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations.
9th March » Napoleon called Napoléon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.
13th April » The first elephant ever seen in the United States arrives from India.
28th April » The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by Napoleon I of France Napoleon Bonaparte and Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia Vittorio Amedeo III, the King of Sardinia, expanding France French territory along the Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean coast.
10th May » First Coalition: Napoleon I of France wins a Battle of Lodi decisive victory against Habsburg Empire Austrian forces at Lodi, Lombardy Lodi bridge over the Adda River in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men.
14th May » Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination.
15th May » First Coalition: Napoleon enters Milan in triumph.
1st June » Tennessee is admitted as the 16th U.S. state known as state of the United States.
11th July » The United States takes possession of Detroit from Kingdom of Great Britain known as Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty.
22nd July » Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio "Cleveland, Ohio called Cleveland" after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party.
4th August » French Revolutionary Wars: Napoleon leads the Army of Italy (France) known as French Army of Italy to victory in the Battle of Lonato.
8th September » French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano: France e.g French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa.
17th November » French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Bridge of Arcole French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy.
19th December » French Revolutionary Wars: Two British frigates under Commodore Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson or Horatio Nelson and two Spanish frigates under Commodore Don Jacobo Stuart Action of 19 December 1796 named engage in battle off the coast of Murcia.
31st December » The incorporation of Baltimore as a city.