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   In the year 1792 french King Louis XVI was executed in Paris.   

Jan 21   In the year 1792 tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller (Rhymes & Tales)   

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   On this day in history ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter   

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

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   Humane Society of Massachusetts incorporated (erected life-saving stations for distressed mariners) on this day in history.   

Feb 23   In the year 1792 istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor   

Feb 23   On this day in history joseph Haydn's 94th Symphony in G, premieres   

Feb 23   Joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68 in the year 1792.   

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 16   Murder attempt on King Gustavus III by count Ankarstrom at opera in the year 1792.   

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   In the year 1792 gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce   

Apr 02   In the year 1792 congress establishes Philadelphia mint   

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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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of christian Julius De Meza, Danish general (d. 1865)   

Jan 21   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 23   On this day in history 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   John Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute/English premier (1760-63), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Mar 29   On this day in history 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   In the year 1792 death of james Sykes, American politician (b. 1725)