Historical Events In 1792

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

Jan 09   Russia & Turkey sign Peace of Jassy on this day in history.  

Jan 10   Jean-Louis Laruette, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1792.  

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

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) on this day in history.  

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

Feb 07   On this day in history austria & Prussia sign anti-French covenant  

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

Feb 20   US postal service created, postage 6 cents on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history congress passes Presidential Succession Act  

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

Feb 23   Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor in the year 1792.  

Feb 23   Joseph Haydn's 94th Symphony in G, premieres on this day in history.  

Feb 23   Joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Feb 27   Don Joaquin B F Espartero, Spanish adventurer/fieldmarshal in the year 1792.  

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

Feb 29   Gioacchino Rossini, Pesaro Italy, composer (Barber of Seville) on this day in history.  

Feb 29   The birth of John Holland, American inventor of the submarine in the year 1792.  

Mar 01   US Presidential Succession Act passed in the year 1792.  

Mar 03   Robert Adam, Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Mar 04   In the year 1792 oranges introduced to Hawaii  

Mar 07   Captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington) on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1792.  

Mar 16   In the year 1792 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   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 on this day in history.  

Apr 01   On this day in history gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce  

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

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 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   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 in the year 1792.  

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

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   In the year 1792 gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-92), dies of wounds  

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.