Historical Events In 1792

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

Jan 09   Russia & Turkey sign Peace of Jassy on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 21   In the year 1792 french King Louis XVI was executed in Paris.  

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

Jan 25   On this day in history the London Corresponding Society is founded.  

Feb 07   In the year 1792 austria & Prussia sign anti-French covenant  

Feb 12   In the year 1792 ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter  

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

Feb 20   In the year 1792 uS postal service created; postage 6¢-12½¢, depending on distance  

Feb 21   In the year 1792 congress passes Pres Succession Act  

Feb 21   In the year 1792 congress passes Presidential Succession Act  

Feb 23   Humane Society of Massachusetts incorporated (erected life-saving stations for distressed mariners) in the year 1792.  

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

Feb 23   In the year 1792 joseph Haydn's 94th Symphony in G, premieres  

Feb 23   Joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Feb 27   On this day in history don Joaquin B F Espartero, Spanish adventurer/fieldmarshal  

Feb 28   On this day in history karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist  

Feb 29   In the year 1792 gioacchino Rossini, Pesaro Italy, composer (Barber of Seville)  

Feb 29   The birth of John Holland, American inventor of the submarine in the year 1792.  

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

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

Mar 04   On this day in history oranges introduced to Hawaii  

Mar 07   In the year 1792 captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington)  

Mar 07   John Herschel, Slough England, William Herschel's son, astronomer in the year 1792.  

Mar 10   John Stone patented the pile driver on this day 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 16   Murder attempt on King Gustavus III by count Ankarstrom at opera on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1792 gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce  

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 in the year 1792.  

Jan 12   Robert Patterson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881 was born in the year 1792.  

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

Feb 08   Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, queen of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1873) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 12   In the year 1792 birth of ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter  

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

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

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

Mar 01   In the year 1792 death of leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1747)  

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

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

Mar 29   On this day in history gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-92), dies of wounds  

Apr 03   George Pocock, British admiral (b. 1706) died on this day in history.  

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