Timeline July 1796

Events in July 1796 2

• 1759 – 1796 Robert Burns Scottish poet Burns wrote lyrical poetry in Scots dialect and became Scotland’s national poet, influencing Romantic literature.
• 1796 Mungo Park reaches the Niger River Scottish explorer confirms the river's eastward course Scottish explorer Mungo Park, traveling for the African Association, reached the Niger River at Segou and confirmed that it flowed eastward. His account of the journey, published in 1799, became a major source of European knowledge of West Africa.