Historical Events In 1792

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

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

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

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

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

Jan 21   Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller (Rhymes & Tales) on this day in history.  

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   Ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter in the year 1792.  

Feb 20   In the year 1792 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   In the year 1792 congress passes Pres Succession Act  

Feb 21   In the year 1792 congress passes Presidential Succession Act  

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

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

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

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

Feb 27   On this day in history 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   On this day in history gioacchino Rossini, Pesaro Italy, composer (Barber of Seville)  

Feb 29   In the year 1792 the birth of John Holland, American inventor of the submarine  

Mar 01   In the year 1792 uS Presidential Succession Act passed  

Mar 03   In the year 1792 robert Adam, Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at 63  

Mar 04   Oranges introduced to Hawaii in the year 1792.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 24   In the year 1792 benjamin West (US) becomes president of Royal Academy of London  

Mar 29   Gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-92), dies of wounds in the year 1792.  

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 in the year 1792.  

Apr 02   In the year 1792 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   Robert Patterson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881 was born in the year 1792.  

Jan 12   Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (d. 1841) was born in the year 1792.  

Jan 14   Christian Julius De Meza, Danish general (d. 1865) was born in the year 1792.  

Jan 21   Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller (Rhymes & Tales) was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 01   Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1747) died in the year 1792.  

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

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   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)