Page 5: Historical Events In 1792

Dec 12   On this day in history alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter   

Dec 12   In the year 1792 in Vienna, Ludwig Von Beethoven (22) receives 1st lesson in music composition from Franz Joseph Haydn   

Dec 15   1st life insurance policy issued in US (Phila) in the year 1792.   

Dec 15   On this day in history joseph Martin Kraus, composer, dies at 36   

Dec 15   In the year 1792 the first US life insurance policy is issued in Philadelphia   

Dec 17   In the year 1792 opening of 1st legislative assembly of Lower Canada in Quebec city   

Dec 17   Opening of first legislative assembly of Lower Canada in Quebec city on this day in history.   

Dec 19   On this day in history [Andries] Hendrik Potgieter, Cape Colony, settled Transvaal   

Dec 26   Charles Babbage, English inventor (calculating machine) on this day in history.   

Dec 26   The final trial of Louis XVI of France begins in Paris in the year 1792.   

Dec 29   In the year 1792 archibald Alison, Scottish historian (History of Europe)   

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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   Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (d. 1841) was born in the year 1792.   

Jan 14   Christian Julius De Meza, Danish general (d. 1865) was born in the year 1792.   

Jan 21   In the year 1792 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   In the year 1792 birth of istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor   

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   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   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   In the year 1792 death of james Sykes, American politician (b. 1725)