1796 in France

• The French Directory ==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) • 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 • Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, satirical poet (died 1867) ==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 • Jean Avisse, furniture maker (born 1723) • Pierre-Marie-Jérôme Trésaguet, engineer (born 1716) ==See also==