Historical Events In 1792

Jan 08   Lowell Mason, Medfield Mass, organist/composer (Zebulo) in the year 1792.  

Jan 09   On this day in history russia & Turkey sign Peace of Jassy  

Jan 10   In the year 1792 jean-Louis Laruette, composer, dies at 60  

Jan 12   Robert Patterson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881 on this day in history.  

Jan 21   On this day in history french King Louis XVI was executed in Paris.  

Jan 21   On this day in history tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller (Rhymes & Tales)  

Jan 25   The London Corresponding Society is founded on this day in history.  

Feb 07   Austria & Prussia sign anti-French covenant on this day in history.  

Feb 12   Ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter on this day in history.  

Feb 20   US postal service created, postage 6 cents on this day in history.  

Feb 20   On this day in history uS postal service created; postage 6¢-12½¢, depending on distance  

Feb 21   Congress passes Pres Succession Act in the year 1792.  

Feb 21   In the year 1792 congress passes Presidential Succession Act  

Feb 23   In the year 1792 humane Society of Massachusetts incorporated (erected life-saving stations for distressed mariners)  

Feb 23   Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor on this day in history.  

Feb 23   On this day in history joseph Haydn's 94th Symphony in G, premieres  

Feb 23   On this day in history joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68  

Feb 27   Don Joaquin B F Espartero, Spanish adventurer/fieldmarshal in the year 1792.  

Feb 28   Karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist on this day in history.  

Feb 29   Gioacchino Rossini, Pesaro Italy, composer (Barber of Seville) on this day in history.  

Feb 29   The birth of John Holland, American inventor of the submarine on this day in history.  

Mar 01   US Presidential Succession Act passed on this day in history.  

Mar 03   On this day in history robert Adam, Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at 63  

Mar 04   Oranges introduced to Hawaii in the year 1792.  

Mar 07   On this day in history captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington)  

Mar 07   John Herschel, Slough England, William Herschel's son, astronomer on this day in history.  

Mar 10   John Stone patented the pile driver on this day in the year 1792.  

Mar 10   In the year 1792 john Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute/English premier (1760-63), dies at 78  

Mar 16   Murder attempt on King Gustavus III by count Ankarstrom at opera in the year 1792.  

Mar 24   On this day in history benjamin West (US) becomes president of Royal Academy of London  

Mar 29   Gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-92), dies of wounds on this day in history.  

Mar 29   In the year 1792 king Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera just 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.  

Apr 01   Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce on this day in history.  

Apr 02   On this day in history congress establishes Philadelphia mint  

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Jan 08   Lowell Mason, Medfield Mass, organist/composer (Zebulo) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 12   In the year 1792 birth of robert Patterson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881  

Jan 12   In the year 1792 birth of johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (d. 1841)  

Jan 14   Christian Julius De Meza, Danish general (d. 1865) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 21   In the year 1792 birth of tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller (Rhymes & Tales)  

Feb 08   In the year 1792 birth of caroline Augusta of Bavaria, queen of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1873)  

Feb 12   Ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter was born in the year 1792.  

Feb 23   On this day in history birth of istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor  

Jan 10   On this day in history jean-Louis Laruette, composer, dies at 60  

Feb 23   Joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68 in the year 1792.  

Mar 01   On this day in history death of leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1747)  

Mar 03   Robert Adam, Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at 63 in the year 1792.  

Mar 10   John Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute/English premier (1760-63), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Mar 29   In the year 1792 gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-92), dies of wounds  

Apr 03   In the year 1792 death of george Pocock, British admiral (b. 1706)  

Apr 04   On this day in history death of james Sykes, American politician (b. 1725)