Historical Events In 1792

May 24   George Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies in the year 1792.   

Jun 01   Kentucky admitted as 15th US state on this day in history.   

Jun 01   Kentucky becomes the 15th state of the union in the year 1792.   

Jun 04   In the year 1792 capt George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain   

Jun 04   In the year 1792 john Burgoyne, soldier/playwright, dies   

Jun 09   Frederic L G, Earl of Merode, Belgian revolutionary on this day in history.   

Jun 12   In the year 1792 capt. George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver, BC   

Jun 12   George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver BC in the year 1792.   

Jun 13   King Louis XVI fires French government in the year 1792.   

Jun 19   In the year 1792 gustav Schwab, writer   

Jun 21   Vancouver meets Spanish ships Sutil & Mexicana off Vancouver, BC on this day in history.   

Jun 21   In the year 1792 vancouver meets Spanish ships Sutil &Mexicana off Vancouver, BC   

Jun 30   In the year 1792 francesco Antonio Rosetti, composer, dies   

Jul 08   On this day in history france declares war on Prussia   

Jul 10   In the year 1792 george Mifflin Dallas, (D) 11th VP (1845-49)   

Jul 11   Prussia army moves into French territory in the year 1792.   

Jul 18   John Paul Jones dies in Paris, France on this day in history.   

Jul 25   Dutch patriots exiles finds "Bataafs Legion" in the year 1792.   

Jul 30   500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for 1st time on this day in history.   

Jul 30   500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for first time on this day in history.   

Jul 31   Cornerstone laid for 1st US govt building: US Mint in Phila on this day in history.   

Aug 02   Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Aug 04   Percy Bysshe Shelley, England, romantic poet (Adonais) on this day in history.   

Aug 04   The birth of Percy Shelley, English poet on this day in history.   

Aug 05   Frederick 7th baron North, English premier (1770-82), dies at 60 in the year 1792.   

Aug 10   In the year 1792 mobs in Paris attack palace of Louis XVI   

Aug 10   Mobs in Paris attack the palace of Louis XVI in the year 1792.   

Aug 13   Revolutionaries imprison French royals including Marie Antoinette on this day in history.   

Aug 17   In the year 1792 jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38   

Aug 18   In the year 1792 john, 1st Earl Russell, British Whig PM (1846-52, 1865-66)   

Aug 29   On this day in history at least 900 die when the British warship Royal George sinks at Spithead while repairs are being carried out just below the waterline.   

Aug 29   English warship Royal George capsizes in Spithead; kills 900 on this day in history.   

Sep 02   In the year 1792 paris masses remove nobles/clergymen out of jails & slaughter them   

Sep 05   Alexis-Charles-Maximilien Thibault, composer in the year 1792.   

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Jan 08   In the year 1792 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 in the year 1792.   

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of christian Julius De Meza, Danish general (d. 1865)   

Jan 21   Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller (Rhymes & Tales) was born in the year 1792.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 01   In the year 1792 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   John Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute/English premier (1760-63), dies at 78 in the year 1792.   

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 in the year 1792.   

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