– Israel Jacobs, colonial Pennsylvania Legislator and United States Representative from Pennsylvania (b. 1726) December 12 – William Buller, English clergyman (b. 1735) December 15 – Anthony Wayne, United States Army officer, statesman, and member of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1745) December 16 – Johann Daniel Titius, German astronomer, professor at Wittenberg (b. 1729) December 18 – Lord John Cavendish, British nobleman, statesman (b. 1732) December 19 – Pyotr Rumyantsev, Russian general (b. 1725) December 25 Bengt Anders Euphrasén, Swedish botanist (b. 1756) Velu Nachiyar, Indian queen of Sivaganga estate (1760–1790) (b. 1730) December 28 – Prince Louis Charles of Prussia, son of Frederick William II of Prussia and Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1773) References Chronology of 1796, mainly relating to Napoleon's campaign in Italy Leap years in the Gregorian calendar