Historical Events In 1792

Jan 08   In the year 1792 lowell Mason, Medfield Mass, organist/composer (Zebulo)   

Jan 09   Russia & Turkey sign Peace of Jassy in the year 1792.   

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

Jan 12   Robert Patterson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881 on this day in history.   

Jan 21   French King Louis XVI was executed in Paris in the year 1792.   

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

Jan 25   On this day in history the London Corresponding Society is founded.   

Feb 07   Austria & Prussia sign anti-French covenant on this day in history.   

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

Feb 20   In the year 1792 uS postal service created, postage 6 cents   

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

Feb 21   Congress passes Pres Succession Act on this day in history.   

Feb 21   In the year 1792 congress passes Presidential Succession Act   

Feb 23   In the year 1792 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   In the year 1792 don Joaquin B F Espartero, Spanish adventurer/fieldmarshal   

Feb 28   On this day in history karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist   

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

Feb 29   In the year 1792 the birth of John Holland, American inventor of the submarine   

Mar 01   In the year 1792 uS Presidential Succession Act passed   

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

Mar 04   On this day in history oranges introduced to Hawaii   

Mar 07   Captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington) in the year 1792.   

Mar 07   John Herschel, Slough England, William Herschel's son, astronomer in the year 1792.   

Mar 10   On this day in history john Stone patented the pile driver on this day.   

Mar 10   John Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute/English premier (1760-63), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Mar 16   In the year 1792 murder attempt on King Gustavus III by count Ankarstrom at opera   

Mar 24   In the year 1792 benjamin West (US) becomes president of Royal Academy of London   

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

Mar 29   On this day in history 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   Congress establishes Philadelphia mint on this day in history.   

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

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of robert Patterson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881   

Jan 12   In the year 1792 birth of johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (d. 1841)   

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

Mar 01   Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1747) died on this day in history.   

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

Apr 04   James Sykes, American politician (b. 1725) died on this day in history.