Historical Events In 1792

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

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

Jan 10   Jean-Louis Laruette, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Jan 12   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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   Congress passes Presidential Succession Act in the year 1792.  

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

Feb 23   Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor in the year 1792.  

Feb 23   Joseph Haydn's 94th Symphony in G, premieres in the year 1792.  

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

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

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

Mar 04   In the year 1792 oranges introduced to Hawaii  

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

Mar 07   On this day in history 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   On this day in history murder attempt on King Gustavus III by count Ankarstrom at opera  

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

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

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   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   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   In the year 1792 birth of christian Julius De Meza, Danish general (d. 1865)  

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

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

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

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

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

Mar 03   In the year 1792 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 in the year 1792.