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   Gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane in the year 1792.   

Sep 18   In the year 1792 gottlieb August Spangenberg, founder (Moravian Church in Amer), dies   

Sep 20   In the year 1792 french defeat Prussians at Valmy   

Sep 21   In the year 1792 1st French Republic forms   

Sep 21   On this day in history france becomes a republic, abolishing its monarchy   

Sep 21   The French National Convention votes to abolish the monarchy on this day in history.   

Sep 22   In the year 1792 origin of French Republican Era   

Sep 26   Marc-David Lasource begins accusing Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a dictatorship for France on this day in history.   

Sep 27   George Cruikshank, London, caricaturist (Oliver Twist) in the year 1792.   

Sep 27   On this day in history the birth of George Cruikshank, English illustrator and caricaturist   

Oct 02   On this day in history baptist Missionary Society forms in London   

Oct 02   Philip Cipriani Hambley Potter, pianist/composer on this day in history.   

Oct 03   On this day in history cipriani Potter, composer   

Oct 12   Columbus Day is 1st celebrated in the year 1792.   

Oct 13   "Old Farmer's Almanac" is 1st published on this day in history.   

Oct 13   Moritz Hauptmann, composer in the year 1792.   

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 in the year 1792.   

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 06   Battle at Jemappes: French army beats Ausrtrians on this day in history.   

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   Capt George Vancouver is first Englishman to enter San Francisco Bay on this day in history.   

Nov 25   Farmer's Almanac 1st published in the year 1792.   

Nov 28   Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education on this day in history.   

Nov 30   On this day in history ernst William Wolf, composer, dies at 57   

Dec 01   On this day in history lobachevsky, mathematician   

Dec 05   George Washington re-elected US pres in the year 1792.   

Dec 06   On this day in history abraham J van de Aa, lexicographer (Biographic Dictionary)   

Dec 08   In the year 1792 1st cremation in US, Henry Laurens   

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   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1792.   

Jan 10   On this day in history jean-Louis Laruette, composer, dies at 60   

Feb 23   In the year 1792 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   In the year 1792 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1792 death of james Sykes, American politician (b. 1725)