Historical Events In 1792

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

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

Jun 01   Kentucky becomes the 15th state of the union in the year 1792.  

Jun 04   Capt George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain on this day in history.  

Jun 04   John Burgoyne, soldier/playwright, dies on this day in history.  

Jun 09   Frederic L G, Earl of Merode, Belgian revolutionary on this day in history.  

Jun 12   Capt. George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver, BC in the year 1792.  

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   In the year 1792 gustav Schwab, writer  

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

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   France declares war on Prussia in the year 1792.  

Jul 10   On this day in history george Mifflin Dallas, (D) 11th VP (1845-49)  

Jul 11   Prussia army moves into French territory on this day in history.  

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

Jul 25   Dutch patriots exiles finds "Bataafs Legion" in the year 1792.  

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

Jul 30   In the year 1792 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   Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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   Frederick 7th baron North, English premier (1770-82), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Aug 17   Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.  

Aug 18   In the year 1792 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   On this day in history english warship Royal George capsizes in Spithead; kills 900  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 12   In the year 1792 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   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   Ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter was born in the year 1792.  

Feb 23   Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor was born on this day in history.  

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

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   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   On this day in history 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   James Sykes, American politician (b. 1725) died in the year 1792.