Fait mathématique: 1196 is the number of lines through exactly 2 points of a 9×9 grid of points.
Culture générale: 1196 is a boring number.
Date historique: April 10th is the day in 1992 that the Maraghar Massacre, killing of ethnic Armenian civil population of the village Maraghar by Azerbaijani troops during the Nagorno-Karabakh War.