Page 3: Historical Events In 1792

Jun 01   Kentucky admitted as 15th US state.   

Jun 01   Kentucky is recorded as becoming the 15th state of the union   

Jun 04   In this year, Capt George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain.   

Jun 04   John Burgoyne, soldier/playwright, dies.   

Jun 09   Frederic L G, Earl of Merode, Belgian revolutionary.   

Jun 12   Capt. George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver, BC   

Jun 12   George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver BC.   

Jun 13   King Louis XVI fires French government.   

Jun 19   Gustav Schwab, writer   

Jun 21   Vancouver meets Spanish ships Sutil and Mexicana off Vancouver, BC.   

Jun 30   Francesco Antonio Rosetti, composer, dies   

Jul 08   France declares war on Prussia   

Jul 10   George Mifflin Dallas, (D) 11th VP (1845-49).   

Jul 11   Prussia army moves into French territory   

Jul 18   John Paul Jones dies in Paris, France   

Jul 25   Dutch patriots exiles finds "Bataafs Legion"   

Jul 30   500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for 1st time   

Jul 30   500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for inaugural time   

Jul 31   Cornerstone laid for 1st US govt building: US Mint in Phila   

Aug 02   Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60   

Aug 04   Percy Bysshe Shelley, England, romantic poet (Adonais)   

Aug 04   Percy Shelley, English poet is born   

Aug 05   Frederick 7th baron North, English premier (1770-82), dies at 60   

Aug 10   Mobs in Paris attack palace of Louis XVI   

Aug 10   Mobs in Paris attack the palace of Louis XVI   

Aug 13   Revolutionaries imprison French royals including Marie Antoinette   

Aug 17   Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38.   

Aug 18   John, 1st Earl Russell, British Whig PM (1846-52, 1865-66)   

Aug 29   At least 900 die when the British warship Royal George sinks at Spithead while repairs are being carried out just below the waterline   

Aug 29   English warship Royal George capsizes in Spithead; results in the deaths of 900   

Sep 02   Paris masses remove nobles/clergymen out of jails and slaughter them   

Sep 05   Alexis-Charles-Maximilien Thibault, composer   

Sep 08   Joseph Netherclift, composer.   

Sep 11   The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other crown jewels when six men break into the house used to store the jewels.   

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Jan 08   Lowell mason: Medfield mass, organist/composer (zebulo)   

Jan 12   Robert patterson: Major general (union volunteers), died in 1881   

Jan 12   Johan august arfwedson: Swedish chemist   

Jan 14   Christian julius de meza: Danish general    

Jan 21   Tsjalling hiddes halbertsma: Fries story teller (rhymes & tales)   

Feb 08   Caroline augusta of bavaria: Queen of hungary and bohemia   

Feb 12   Ferdinand de braekeleer: Belgian painter   

Feb 23   Istvan ferenczi: Hungarian sculptor   

Jan 10   Jean-louis laruette: Composer,    

Feb 23   Joshua reynolds: English portrait painter (simplicity),    

Mar 01   Leopold ii: Holy roman emperor (b. 1747)   

Mar 03   Robert adam: Scottish architect (syon house, middlesex),   

Mar 10   John stuart: 3rd earl of bute/english premier (1760-63),   

Mar 29   Gustav iii: King of sweden (1771-92),   

Apr 03   George pocock: British admiral (b. 1706)   

Apr 04   James sykes: American politician (b. 1725)