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.
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| Gregorian calendar | 1796 MDCCXCVI |
| French Republican calendar | 4–5 |
| Ab urbe condita | 2549 |
| Armenian calendar | 1245 ԹՎ ՌՄԽԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6546 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1717–1718 |
| Bengali calendar | 1203 |
| Berber calendar | 2746 |
| British Regnal year | 36 Geo. 3 – 37 Geo. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2340 |
| Burmese calendar | 1158 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7304–7305 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 4493 or 4286 — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 4494 or 4287 |
| Coptic calendar | 1512–1513 |
| Discordian calendar | 2962 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1788–1789 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5556–5557 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1852–1853 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1717–1718 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4896–4897 |
| Holocene calendar | 11796 |
| Igbo calendar | 796–797 |
| Iranian calendar | 1174–1175 |
| Islamic calendar | 1210–1211 |
| Japanese calendar | Kansei8 (寛政8年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1722–1723 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 11 days |
| Korean calendar | 4129 |
| Minguo calendar | 116 before ROC 民前116年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 328 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2338–2339 |
| 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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