What Happened In December 1796 In History

Historical Events for December, 1796

• 19th » 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 » The incorporation of Baltimore as a city.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1796

• 17th » Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician (d. 1865)
• 19th » Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1873)
• 27th » Ghalib e.g Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (d. 1869)
• 29th » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (d. 1877)

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