1796 (MDCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1796th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 796th year of the 2nd millennium, the 96th year of the 18th century, and the 7th year of the 1790s decade. As of the start of 1796, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 17th century18th century19th century
Decades: 1760s  1770s  1780s  – 1790s –  1800s  1810s  1820s
Years: 1793 1794 179517961797 1798 1799
1796 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1796
MDCCXCVI
French Republican calendar4–5
Ab urbe condita2549
Armenian calendar1245
ԹՎ ՌՄԽԵ
Assyrian calendar6546
Balinese saka calendar1717–1718
Bengali calendar1203
Berber calendar2746
British Regnal year36 Geo. 3 – 37 Geo. 3
Buddhist calendar2340
Burmese calendar1158
Byzantine calendar7304–7305
Chinese calendar乙卯(Wood Rabbit)
4492 or 4432
    — to —
丙辰年 (Fire Dragon)
4493 or 4433
Coptic calendar1512–1513
Discordian calendar2962
Ethiopian calendar1788–1789
Hebrew calendar5556–5557
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1852–1853
 - Shaka Samvat1717–1718
 - Kali Yuga4896–4897
Holocene calendar11796
Igbo calendar796–797
Iranian calendar1174–1175
Islamic calendar1210–1211
Japanese calendarKansei 8
(寛政8年)
Javanese calendar1722–1723
Julian calendarGregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar4129
Minguo calendar116 before ROC
民前116年
Nanakshahi calendar328
Thai solar calendar2338–2339
Tibetan calendar阴木兔年
(female Wood-Rabbit)
1922 or 1541 or 769
    — to —
阳火龙年
(male Fire-Dragon)
1923 or 1542 or 770

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