Historical Events In 1792

Jan 08   On this day in history 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 in the year 1792.  

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

Jan 21   Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller (Rhymes & Tales) on this day in history.  

Jan 25   In the year 1792 the London Corresponding Society is founded.  

Feb 07   Austria & Prussia sign anti-French covenant in the year 1792.  

Feb 12   In the year 1792 ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter  

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

Feb 20   In the year 1792 uS postal service created; postage 6¢-12½¢, depending on distance  

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

Feb 21   Congress passes Presidential Succession Act in the year 1792.  

Feb 23   Humane Society of Massachusetts incorporated (erected life-saving stations for distressed mariners) in the year 1792.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 29   The birth of John Holland, American inventor of the submarine on this day in history.  

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

Mar 03   Robert Adam, Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at 63 in the year 1792.  

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   John Herschel, Slough England, William Herschel's son, astronomer on this day in history.  

Mar 10   John Stone patented the pile driver on this day in the year 1792.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 29   On this day in history gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-92), dies of wounds  

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 08   Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, queen of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1873) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 12   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1792 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 in the year 1792.  

Apr 03   George Pocock, British admiral (b. 1706) died in the year 1792.  

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