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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 12   In the year 1792 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) in the year 1792.   

Jan 25   On this day in history the London Corresponding Society is founded.   

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

Feb 12   In the year 1792 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   On this day in history congress passes Pres Succession Act   

Feb 21   Congress passes Presidential Succession Act on this day in history.   

Feb 23   In the year 1792 humane Society of Massachusetts incorporated (erected life-saving stations for distressed mariners)   

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

Feb 23   On this day in history 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   On this day in history don Joaquin B F Espartero, Spanish adventurer/fieldmarshal   

Feb 28   On this day in history karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist   

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   In the year 1792 uS Presidential Succession Act passed   

Mar 03   Robert Adam, Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at 63 in the year 1792.   

Mar 04   In the year 1792 oranges introduced to Hawaii   

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

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

Mar 10   On this day in history john Stone patented the pile driver on this day.   

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

Mar 16   On this day in history murder attempt on King Gustavus III by count Ankarstrom at opera   

Mar 24   On this day in history benjamin West (US) becomes president of Royal Academy of London   

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

Mar 29   On this day in history 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.   

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   Lowell Mason, Medfield Mass, organist/composer (Zebulo) was born in the year 1792.   

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

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 in the year 1792.   

Feb 08   In the year 1792 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   On this day in history jean-Louis Laruette, composer, dies at 60   

Feb 23   Joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

Mar 01   On this day in history death of leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1747)   

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

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 in the year 1792.   

Apr 03   On this day in history death of george Pocock, British admiral (b. 1706)   

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