Historical Events In 1792

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

Jan 09   In the year 1792 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   On this day in history the London Corresponding Society is founded.  

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

Feb 12   Ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter on this day in history.  

Feb 20   On this day in history 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   In the year 1792 congress passes Pres Succession Act  

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

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

Feb 23   Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor on this day in history.  

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

Feb 23   In the year 1792 joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68  

Feb 27   Don Joaquin B F Espartero, Spanish adventurer/fieldmarshal on this day in history.  

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

Feb 29   In the year 1792 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   On this day in history captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington)  

Mar 07   In the year 1792 john Herschel, Slough England, William Herschel's son, astronomer  

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

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   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1792.  

Apr 01   Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce on this day in history.  

Apr 02   Congress establishes Philadelphia mint in the year 1792.  

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

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 in the year 1792.  

Jan 14   Christian Julius De Meza, Danish general (d. 1865) was born on this day in history.  

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

Feb 08   On this day in history birth of caroline Augusta of Bavaria, queen of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1873)  

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

Feb 23   On this day in history 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   Robert Adam, Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1792.