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 in the year 1792.  

Jan 10   On this day in history jean-Louis Laruette, composer, dies at 60  

Jan 12   On this day in history robert Patterson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881  

Jan 21   In the year 1792 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   Austria & Prussia sign anti-French covenant in the year 1792.  

Feb 12   On this day in history ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter  

Feb 20   US postal service created, postage 6 cents in the year 1792.  

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   On this day in history congress passes Presidential Succession Act  

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

Feb 29   Gioacchino Rossini, Pesaro Italy, composer (Barber of Seville) in the year 1792.  

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

Mar 01   US Presidential Succession Act passed on this day in history.  

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

Mar 04   Oranges introduced to Hawaii in the year 1792.  

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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   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 in the year 1792.  

Apr 02   Congress establishes Philadelphia mint on this day in history.  

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

Jan 12   On this day in history 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   Christian Julius De Meza, Danish general (d. 1865) was born in the year 1792.  

Jan 21   Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller (Rhymes & Tales) was born in the year 1792.  

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   Jean-Louis Laruette, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Feb 23   On this day in history joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68  

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   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 in the year 1792.