Historical Events In 1792

Sep 08   Joseph Netherclift, composer on this day in history.  

Sep 11   On this day in history the Hope Diamond is stolen along with other crown jewels when six men break into the house used to store the jewels.  

Sep 14   Gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane on this day in history.  

Sep 18   In the year 1792 gottlieb August Spangenberg, founder (Moravian Church in Amer), dies  

Sep 20   French defeat Prussians at Valmy on this day in history.  

Sep 21   1st French Republic forms in the year 1792.  

Sep 21   France becomes a republic, abolishing its monarchy in the year 1792.  

Sep 21   On this day in history the French National Convention votes to abolish the monarchy.  

Sep 22   In the year 1792 origin of French Republican Era  

Sep 26   On this day in history marc-David Lasource begins accusing Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a dictatorship for France.  

Sep 27   In the year 1792 george Cruikshank, London, caricaturist (Oliver Twist)  

Sep 27   The birth of George Cruikshank, English illustrator and caricaturist in the year 1792.  

Oct 02   Baptist Missionary Society forms in London on this day in history.  

Oct 02   On this day in history philip Cipriani Hambley Potter, pianist/composer  

Oct 03   Cipriani Potter, composer in the year 1792.  

Oct 12   On this day in history columbus Day is 1st celebrated  

Oct 13   In the year 1792 "Old Farmer's Almanac" is 1st published  

Oct 13   In the year 1792 moritz Hauptmann, composer  

Oct 13   On this day in history washington lays cornerstone of the Executive Mansion (White House)  

Oct 19   On this day in history dirk Donker Curtius, Dutch attorney/minister of Justice (liberal)  

Oct 20   Anton Bernhard Furstenau, composer on this day in history.  

Oct 29   Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after the British naval officer Alexander Arthur Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who spotted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River on this day in history.  

Nov 06   On this day in history battle at Jemappes: French army beats Ausrtrians  

Nov 13   In the year 1792 edward John Trelawney, England, traveler/author (Adv of Younger Son)  

Nov 14   In the year 1792 capt George Vancouver is 1st Englishman to enter SF Bay  

Nov 14   In the year 1792 capt George Vancouver is first Englishman to enter San Francisco Bay  

Nov 25   Farmer's Almanac 1st published in the year 1792.  

Nov 28   Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education in the year 1792.  

Nov 30   In the year 1792 ernst William Wolf, composer, dies at 57  

Dec 01   Lobachevsky, mathematician in the year 1792.  

Dec 05   George Washington re-elected US pres in the year 1792.  

Dec 06   Abraham J van de Aa, lexicographer (Biographic Dictionary) on this day in history.  

Dec 08   In the year 1792 1st cremation in US, Henry Laurens  

Dec 11   In the year 1792 france's King Louis XVI went on trial, accused of treason  

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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 on this day in history.  

Jan 12   Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (d. 1841) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 21   In the year 1792 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 in the year 1792.  

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

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

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

Mar 10   In the year 1792 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   James Sykes, American politician (b. 1725) died on this day in history.