Historical Events In 1792

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

Jan 09   On this day in history russia & Turkey sign Peace of Jassy  

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) on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history uS postal service created, postage 6 cents  

Feb 20   US postal service created; postage 6¢-12½¢, depending on distance in the year 1792.  

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

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   In the year 1792 istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor  

Feb 23   Joseph Haydn's 94th Symphony in G, premieres in the year 1792.  

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   In the year 1792 karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist  

Feb 29   In the year 1792 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   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 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1792 john Stone patented the pile driver on this day.  

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

Mar 16   Murder attempt on King Gustavus III by count Ankarstrom at opera on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1792.  

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   On this day in history congress establishes Philadelphia mint  

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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   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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1792 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 in the year 1792.  

Mar 01   In the year 1792 death of leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1747)  

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 in the year 1792.  

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   James Sykes, American politician (b. 1725) died in the year 1792.