Fatto generale: 196 is the population density in square kilometers of Italy, the fifth-highest population density in Europe.
Fatto matematico: 196 is a pentagonal pyramidal number.
Trivia: 196 is the length in miles of the Adda River in Italy.
Data storica: July 14th is the day in 1791 that the Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.