Historical Events In 1792

Jan 08   Lowell Mason, Medfield Mass, organist/composer (Zebulo) on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Russia & Turkey sign Peace of Jassy in the year 1792.   

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

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

Jan 21   French King Louis XVI was executed in Paris in the year 1792.   

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

Jan 25   In the year 1792 the London Corresponding Society is founded.   

Feb 07   Austria & Prussia sign anti-French covenant on this day in history.   

Feb 12   In the year 1792 ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter   

Feb 20   US postal service created, postage 6 cents on this day in history.   

Feb 20   In the year 1792 uS postal service created; postage 6¢-12½¢, depending on distance   

Feb 21   In the year 1792 congress passes Pres Succession Act   

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

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

Feb 23   Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor in the year 1792.   

Feb 23   In the year 1792 joseph Haydn's 94th Symphony in G, premieres   

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

Feb 27   Don Joaquin B F Espartero, Spanish adventurer/fieldmarshal in the year 1792.   

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) in the year 1792.   

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

Mar 01   In the year 1792 uS Presidential Succession Act passed   

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

Mar 04   On this day in history oranges introduced to Hawaii   

Mar 07   In the year 1792 captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington)   

Mar 07   In the year 1792 john Herschel, Slough England, William Herschel's son, astronomer   

Mar 10   In the year 1792 john Stone patented the pile driver on this day.   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 24   In the year 1792 benjamin West (US) becomes president of Royal Academy of London   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Apr 02   On this day in history congress establishes Philadelphia mint   

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Jan 08   In the year 1792 birth of lowell Mason, Medfield Mass, organist/composer (Zebulo)   

Jan 12   In the year 1792 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   On this day in history birth of tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller (Rhymes & Tales)   

Feb 08   On this day in history birth of caroline Augusta of Bavaria, queen of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1873)   

Feb 12   In the year 1792 birth of ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter   

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

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

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   John Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute/English premier (1760-63), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Mar 29   In the year 1792 gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-92), dies of wounds   

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)