Historical Events In 1792

May 24   George Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies on this day in history.  

Jun 01   Kentucky admitted as 15th US state on this day in history.  

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

Jun 04   In the year 1792 capt George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain  

Jun 04   On this day in history 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   On this day in history george Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver BC  

Jun 13   On this day in history king Louis XVI fires French government  

Jun 19   On this day in history gustav Schwab, writer  

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   Francesco Antonio Rosetti, composer, dies on this day in history.  

Jul 08   France declares war on Prussia on this day in history.  

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

Jul 11   In the year 1792 prussia army moves into French territory  

Jul 18   John Paul Jones dies in Paris, France in the year 1792.  

Jul 25   In the year 1792 dutch patriots exiles finds "Bataafs Legion"  

Jul 30   In the year 1792 500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for 1st time  

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

Jul 31   In the year 1792 cornerstone laid for 1st US govt building: US Mint in Phila  

Aug 02   Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1792.  

Aug 04   In the year 1792 percy Bysshe Shelley, England, romantic poet (Adonais)  

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

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

Aug 10   In the year 1792 mobs in Paris attack palace of Louis XVI  

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

Aug 13   In the year 1792 revolutionaries imprison French royals including Marie Antoinette  

Aug 17   On this day in history jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38  

Aug 18   On this day in history john, 1st Earl Russell, British Whig PM (1846-52, 1865-66)  

Aug 29   On this day in history 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   English warship Royal George capsizes in Spithead; kills 900 in the year 1792.  

Sep 02   On this day in history paris masses remove nobles/clergymen out of jails & slaughter them  

Sep 05   Alexis-Charles-Maximilien Thibault, composer on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 08   On this day in history birth of caroline Augusta of Bavaria, queen of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1873)  

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

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

Jan 10   On this day in history jean-Louis Laruette, composer, dies at 60  

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

Mar 01   On this day in history 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 in the year 1792.  

Mar 29   In the year 1792 gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-92), dies of wounds  

Apr 03   On this day in history death of george Pocock, British admiral (b. 1706)  

Apr 04   James Sykes, American politician (b. 1725) died in the year 1792.