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)