Page 4: Historical Events In 1792

Sep 08   On this day in history joseph Netherclift, composer   

Sep 11   In the year 1792 the Hope Diamond is stolen along with other crown jewels when six men break into the house used to store the jewels.   

Sep 14   On this day in history gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane   

Sep 18   On this day in history gottlieb August Spangenberg, founder (Moravian Church in Amer), dies   

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

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

Sep 21   France becomes a republic, abolishing its monarchy on this day in history.   

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

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   In the year 1792 george Cruikshank, London, caricaturist (Oliver Twist)   

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

Oct 02   In the year 1792 baptist Missionary Society forms in London   

Oct 02   In the year 1792 philip Cipriani Hambley Potter, pianist/composer   

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

Oct 12   On this day in history columbus Day is 1st celebrated   

Oct 13   In the year 1792 "Old Farmer's Almanac" is 1st published   

Oct 13   In the year 1792 moritz Hauptmann, composer   

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

Oct 19   In the year 1792 dirk Donker Curtius, Dutch attorney/minister of Justice (liberal)   

Oct 20   Anton Bernhard Furstenau, composer on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1792.   

Nov 06   In the year 1792 battle at Jemappes: French army beats Ausrtrians   

Nov 13   Edward John Trelawney, England, traveler/author (Adv of Younger Son) on this day in history.   

Nov 14   Capt George Vancouver is 1st Englishman to enter SF Bay on this day in history.   

Nov 14   On this day in history capt George Vancouver is first Englishman to enter San Francisco Bay   

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

Nov 28   On this day in history victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education   

Nov 30   Ernst William Wolf, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1792.   

Dec 01   On this day in history lobachevsky, mathematician   

Dec 05   In the year 1792 george Washington re-elected US pres   

Dec 06   Abraham J van de Aa, lexicographer (Biographic Dictionary) on this day in history.   

Dec 08   1st cremation in US, Henry Laurens on this day in history.   

Dec 11   France's King Louis XVI went on trial, accused of treason 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   Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (d. 1841) was born in the year 1792.   

Jan 14   Christian Julius De Meza, Danish general (d. 1865) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 21   In the year 1792 birth of tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller (Rhymes & Tales)   

Feb 08   Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, queen of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1873) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 12   Ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 10   Jean-Louis Laruette, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1792.   

Feb 23   On this day in history 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   On this day in history john Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute/English premier (1760-63), dies at 78   

Mar 29   On this day in history gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-92), dies of wounds   

Apr 03   George Pocock, British admiral (b. 1706) died on this day in history.   

Apr 04   James Sykes, American politician (b. 1725) died in the year 1792.