Historical Events In 1792

Sep 08   On this day in history joseph Netherclift, composer  

Sep 11   In the year 1792 the Hope Diamond is stolen along with other crown jewels when six men break into the house used to store the jewels.  

Sep 14   On this day in history gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane  

Sep 18   On this day in history gottlieb August Spangenberg, founder (Moravian Church in Amer), dies  

Sep 20   On this day in history french defeat Prussians at Valmy  

Sep 21   On this day in history 1st French Republic forms  

Sep 21   On this day in history france becomes a republic, abolishing its monarchy  

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

Sep 22   Origin of French Republican Era in the year 1792.  

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 in the year 1792.  

Oct 02   Philip Cipriani Hambley Potter, pianist/composer in the year 1792.  

Oct 03   Cipriani Potter, composer on this day in history.  

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

Oct 13   On this day in history "Old Farmer's Almanac" is 1st published  

Oct 13   Moritz Hauptmann, composer on this day in history.  

Oct 13   Washington lays cornerstone of the Executive Mansion (White House) on this day in history.  

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

Oct 20   On this day in history anton Bernhard Furstenau, composer  

Oct 29   In the year 1792 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.  

Nov 06   Battle at Jemappes: French army beats Ausrtrians in the year 1792.  

Nov 13   Edward John Trelawney, England, traveler/author (Adv of Younger Son) on this day in history.  

Nov 14   On this day in history capt George Vancouver is 1st Englishman to enter SF Bay  

Nov 14   On this day in history capt George Vancouver is first Englishman to enter San Francisco Bay  

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

Nov 28   In the year 1792 victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education  

Nov 30   Ernst William Wolf, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Dec 01   Lobachevsky, mathematician in the year 1792.  

Dec 05   George Washington re-elected US pres on this day in history.  

Dec 06   On this day in history abraham J van de Aa, lexicographer (Biographic Dictionary)  

Dec 08   1st cremation in US, Henry Laurens on this day in history.  

Dec 11   France's King Louis XVI went on trial, accused of treason 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   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   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   Jean-Louis Laruette, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1792.  

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   On this day in history john Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute/English premier (1760-63), dies at 78  

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   On this day in history death of james Sykes, American politician (b. 1725)