Historical Events In 1792

Jan 08   Lowell Mason, Medfield Mass, organist/composer (Zebulo) in the year 1792.   

Jan 09   On this day in history russia & Turkey sign Peace of Jassy   

Jan 10   In the year 1792 jean-Louis Laruette, composer, dies at 60   

Jan 12   In the year 1792 robert Patterson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881   

Jan 21   On this day in history french King Louis XVI was executed in Paris.   

Jan 21   Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller (Rhymes & Tales) in the year 1792.   

Jan 25   The London Corresponding Society is founded on this day in history.   

Feb 07   In the year 1792 austria & Prussia sign anti-French covenant   

Feb 12   Ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter in the year 1792.   

Feb 20   On this day in history uS postal service created, postage 6 cents   

Feb 20   US postal service created; postage 6¢-12½¢, depending on distance on this day in history.   

Feb 21   On this day in history congress passes Pres Succession Act   

Feb 21   In the year 1792 congress passes Presidential Succession Act   

Feb 23   On this day in history humane Society of Massachusetts incorporated (erected life-saving stations for distressed mariners)   

Feb 23   In the year 1792 istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor   

Feb 23   In the year 1792 joseph Haydn's 94th Symphony in G, premieres   

Feb 23   On this day in history joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68   

Feb 27   On this day in history don Joaquin B F Espartero, Spanish adventurer/fieldmarshal   

Feb 28   Karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist in the year 1792.   

Feb 29   On this day in history gioacchino Rossini, Pesaro Italy, composer (Barber of Seville)   

Feb 29   On this day in history the birth of John Holland, American inventor of the submarine   

Mar 01   On this day in history uS Presidential Succession Act passed   

Mar 03   On this day in history robert Adam, Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at 63   

Mar 04   Oranges introduced to Hawaii in the year 1792.   

Mar 07   In the year 1792 captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington)   

Mar 07   On this day in history john Herschel, Slough England, William Herschel's son, astronomer   

Mar 10   In the year 1792 john Stone patented the pile driver on this day.   

Mar 10   John Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute/English premier (1760-63), dies at 78 in the year 1792.   

Mar 16   On this day in history murder attempt on King Gustavus III by count Ankarstrom at opera   

Mar 24   Benjamin West (US) becomes president of Royal Academy of London in the year 1792.   

Mar 29   Gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-92), dies of wounds on this day in history.   

Mar 29   In the year 1792 king Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera just 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.   

Apr 01   Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce in the year 1792.   

Apr 02   On this day in history congress establishes Philadelphia mint   

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Jan 08   On this day in history birth of lowell Mason, Medfield Mass, organist/composer (Zebulo)   

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1792 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   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   George Pocock, British admiral (b. 1706) died on this day in history.   

Apr 04   In the year 1792 death of james Sykes, American politician (b. 1725)