Historical Events In 1792

May 24   George Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies in the year 1792.  

Jun 01   On this day in history kentucky admitted as 15th US state  

Jun 01   Kentucky becomes the 15th state of the union on this day in history.  

Jun 04   On this day in history capt George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain  

Jun 04   In the year 1792 john Burgoyne, soldier/playwright, dies  

Jun 09   On this day in history frederic L G, Earl of Merode, Belgian revolutionary  

Jun 12   In the year 1792 capt. George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver, BC  

Jun 12   In the year 1792 george Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver BC  

Jun 13   King Louis XVI fires French government on this day in history.  

Jun 19   Gustav Schwab, writer in the year 1792.  

Jun 21   On this day in history vancouver meets Spanish ships Sutil & Mexicana off Vancouver, BC  

Jun 21   In the year 1792 vancouver meets Spanish ships Sutil &Mexicana off Vancouver, BC  

Jun 30   In the year 1792 francesco Antonio Rosetti, composer, dies  

Jul 08   In the year 1792 france declares war on Prussia  

Jul 10   In the year 1792 george Mifflin Dallas, (D) 11th VP (1845-49)  

Jul 11   On this day in history prussia army moves into French territory  

Jul 18   On this day in history john Paul Jones dies in Paris, France  

Jul 25   Dutch patriots exiles finds "Bataafs Legion" on this day in history.  

Jul 30   500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for 1st time on this day in history.  

Jul 30   On this day in history 500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for first time  

Jul 31   Cornerstone laid for 1st US govt building: US Mint in Phila on this day in history.  

Aug 02   On this day in history nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60  

Aug 04   On this day in history percy Bysshe Shelley, England, romantic poet (Adonais)  

Aug 04   On this day in history the birth of Percy Shelley, English poet  

Aug 05   Frederick 7th baron North, English premier (1770-82), dies at 60 in the year 1792.  

Aug 10   Mobs in Paris attack palace of Louis XVI in the year 1792.  

Aug 10   Mobs in Paris attack the palace of Louis XVI on this day in history.  

Aug 13   On this day in history revolutionaries imprison French royals including Marie Antoinette  

Aug 17   Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38 in the year 1792.  

Aug 18   John, 1st Earl Russell, British Whig PM (1846-52, 1865-66) in the year 1792.  

Aug 29   In the year 1792 at least 900 die when the British warship Royal George sinks at Spithead while repairs are being carried out just below the waterline.  

Aug 29   On this day in history english warship Royal George capsizes in Spithead; kills 900  

Sep 02   Paris masses remove nobles/clergymen out of jails & slaughter them on this day in history.  

Sep 05   On this day in history alexis-Charles-Maximilien Thibault, composer  

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

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

Jan 12   On this day in history 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   Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller (Rhymes & Tales) was born in the year 1792.  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 23   On this day in history 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   Robert Adam, Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

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.