Historical Events In 1792

Sep 08   Joseph Netherclift, composer in the year 1792.  

Sep 11   On this day in history the Hope Diamond is stolen along with other crown jewels when six men break into the house used to store the jewels.  

Sep 14   In the year 1792 gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane  

Sep 18   Gottlieb August Spangenberg, founder (Moravian Church in Amer), dies in the year 1792.  

Sep 20   French defeat Prussians at Valmy on this day in history.  

Sep 21   1st French Republic forms in the year 1792.  

Sep 21   On this day in history france becomes a republic, abolishing its monarchy  

Sep 21   The French National Convention votes to abolish the monarchy in the year 1792.  

Sep 22   Origin of French Republican Era on this day in history.  

Sep 26   Marc-David Lasource begins accusing Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a dictatorship for France on this day in history.  

Sep 27   George Cruikshank, London, caricaturist (Oliver Twist) in the year 1792.  

Sep 27   The birth of George Cruikshank, English illustrator and caricaturist on this day in history.  

Oct 02   On this day in history baptist Missionary Society forms in London  

Oct 02   Philip Cipriani Hambley Potter, pianist/composer in the year 1792.  

Oct 03   Cipriani Potter, composer on this day in history.  

Oct 12   Columbus Day is 1st celebrated on this day in history.  

Oct 13   "Old Farmer's Almanac" is 1st published on this day in history.  

Oct 13   Moritz Hauptmann, composer in the year 1792.  

Oct 13   In the year 1792 washington lays cornerstone of the Executive Mansion (White House)  

Oct 19   On this day in history dirk Donker Curtius, Dutch attorney/minister of Justice (liberal)  

Oct 20   In the year 1792 anton Bernhard Furstenau, composer  

Oct 29   Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after the British naval officer Alexander Arthur Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who spotted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River on this day in history.  

Nov 06   On this day in history battle at Jemappes: French army beats Ausrtrians  

Nov 13   On this day in history edward John Trelawney, England, traveler/author (Adv of Younger Son)  

Nov 14   Capt George Vancouver is 1st Englishman to enter SF Bay in the year 1792.  

Nov 14   Capt George Vancouver is first Englishman to enter San Francisco Bay on this day in history.  

Nov 25   In the year 1792 farmer's Almanac 1st published  

Nov 28   Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education in the year 1792.  

Nov 30   Ernst William Wolf, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Dec 01   In the year 1792 lobachevsky, mathematician  

Dec 05   George Washington re-elected US pres on this day in history.  

Dec 06   Abraham J van de Aa, lexicographer (Biographic Dictionary) in the year 1792.  

Dec 08   In the year 1792 1st cremation in US, Henry Laurens  

Dec 11   France's King Louis XVI went on trial, accused of treason on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 12   Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (d. 1841) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 14   In the year 1792 birth of christian Julius De Meza, Danish general (d. 1865)  

Jan 21   Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller (Rhymes & Tales) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 08   In the year 1792 birth of caroline Augusta of Bavaria, queen of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1873)  

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

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

Jan 10   In the year 1792 jean-Louis Laruette, composer, dies at 60  

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

Mar 01   Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1747) died on this day in history.  

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   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   On this day in history death of james Sykes, American politician (b. 1725)