Historical Events In 1792

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

Jan 09   In the year 1792 russia & Turkey sign Peace of Jassy   

Jan 10   Jean-Louis Laruette, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   Robert Patterson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881 in the year 1792.   

Jan 21   On this day in history french King Louis XVI was executed in Paris.   

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

Jan 25   The London Corresponding Society is founded in the year 1792.   

Feb 07   On this day in history austria & Prussia sign anti-French covenant   

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   US postal service created; postage 6¢-12½¢, depending on distance on this day in history.   

Feb 21   Congress passes Pres Succession Act in the year 1792.   

Feb 21   On this day in history congress passes Presidential Succession Act   

Feb 23   Humane Society of Massachusetts incorporated (erected life-saving stations for distressed mariners) in the year 1792.   

Feb 23   On this day in history istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor   

Feb 23   Joseph Haydn's 94th Symphony in G, premieres on this day in history.   

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

Feb 27   In the year 1792 don Joaquin B F Espartero, Spanish adventurer/fieldmarshal   

Feb 28   Karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist on this day in history.   

Feb 29   Gioacchino Rossini, Pesaro Italy, composer (Barber of Seville) on this day in history.   

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

Mar 01   On this day in history uS Presidential Succession Act passed   

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

Mar 04   On this day in history oranges introduced to Hawaii   

Mar 07   Captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington) on this day in history.   

Mar 07   John Herschel, Slough England, William Herschel's son, astronomer on this day in history.   

Mar 10   John Stone patented the pile driver on this day in the year 1792.   

Mar 10   In the year 1792 john Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute/English premier (1760-63), dies at 78   

Mar 16   Murder attempt on King Gustavus III by count Ankarstrom at opera in the year 1792.   

Mar 24   Benjamin West (US) becomes president of Royal Academy of London in the year 1792.   

Mar 29   Gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-92), dies of wounds on this day in history.   

Mar 29   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 in the year 1792.   

Apr 01   Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce in the year 1792.   

Apr 02   On this day in history congress establishes Philadelphia mint   

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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   In the year 1792 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 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   In the year 1792 birth of istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor   

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

Feb 23   Joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68 in the year 1792.   

Mar 01   Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1747) died in the year 1792.   

Mar 03   On this day in history robert Adam, Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at 63   

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 on this day in history.   

Apr 03   In the year 1792 death of george Pocock, British admiral (b. 1706)   

Apr 04   On this day in history death of james Sykes, American politician (b. 1725)