Historical Events In 1792

Jan 08   On this day in history lowell Mason, Medfield Mass, organist/composer (Zebulo)  

Jan 09   Russia & Turkey sign Peace of Jassy in the year 1792.  

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

Jan 12   On this day in history robert Patterson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881  

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   In the year 1792 the London Corresponding Society is founded.  

Feb 07   Austria & Prussia sign anti-French covenant in the year 1792.  

Feb 12   On this day in history ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter  

Feb 20   On this day in history uS postal service created, postage 6 cents  

Feb 20   US postal service created; postage 6¢-12½¢, depending on distance in the year 1792.  

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

Feb 21   On this day in history congress passes Presidential Succession Act  

Feb 23   Humane Society of Massachusetts incorporated (erected life-saving stations for distressed mariners) on this day in history.  

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

Feb 23   Joseph Haydn's 94th Symphony in G, premieres on this day in history.  

Feb 23   In the year 1792 joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68  

Feb 27   In the year 1792 don Joaquin B F Espartero, Spanish adventurer/fieldmarshal  

Feb 28   Karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist in the year 1792.  

Feb 29   Gioacchino Rossini, Pesaro Italy, composer (Barber of Seville) in the year 1792.  

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

Mar 01   In the year 1792 uS Presidential Succession Act passed  

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

Mar 04   Oranges introduced to Hawaii on this day in history.  

Mar 07   Captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington) in the year 1792.  

Mar 07   In the year 1792 john Herschel, Slough England, William Herschel's son, astronomer  

Mar 10   On this day in history john Stone patented the pile driver on this day.  

Mar 10   On this day in history 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   In the year 1792 gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-92), dies of wounds  

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   Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller (Rhymes & Tales) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 08   On this day in history 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   In the year 1792 birth of istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor  

Jan 10   Jean-Louis Laruette, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1792.  

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

Mar 01   Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1747) died on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

Apr 04   James Sykes, American politician (b. 1725) died on this day in history.