Historical Events In 1792

Jan 08   In the year 1792 lowell Mason, Medfield Mass, organist/composer (Zebulo)  

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

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   French King Louis XVI was executed in Paris on this day in history.  

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

Feb 20   US postal service created, postage 6 cents in the year 1792.  

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

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

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   Joseph Haydn's 94th Symphony in G, premieres in the year 1792.  

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

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

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

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

Feb 29   On this day in history the birth of John Holland, American inventor of the submarine  

Mar 01   In the year 1792 uS Presidential Succession Act passed  

Mar 03   Robert Adam, Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 07   Captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington) on this day in history.  

Mar 07   On this day in history john Herschel, Slough England, William Herschel's son, astronomer  

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

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

Mar 16   On this day in history murder attempt on King Gustavus III by count Ankarstrom at opera  

Mar 24   Benjamin West (US) becomes president of Royal Academy of London on this day in history.  

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

Mar 29   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 in the year 1792.  

Apr 01   In the year 1792 gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce  

Apr 02   Congress establishes Philadelphia mint on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (d. 1841)  

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of christian Julius De Meza, Danish general (d. 1865)  

Jan 21   In the year 1792 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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 03   George Pocock, British admiral (b. 1706) died in the year 1792.  

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