Historical Events In 1792

Jan 08   Lowell Mason, Medfield Mass, organist/composer (Zebulo) in the year 1792.   

Jan 09   Russia & Turkey sign Peace of Jassy on this day in history.   

Jan 10   On this day in history 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   On this day in history french King Louis XVI was executed in Paris.   

Jan 21   On this day in history tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller (Rhymes & Tales)   

Jan 25   The London Corresponding Society is founded in the year 1792.   

Feb 07   In the year 1792 austria & Prussia sign anti-French covenant   

Feb 12   On this day in history ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter   

Feb 20   In the year 1792 uS postal service created, postage 6 cents   

Feb 20   US postal service created; postage 6¢-12½¢, depending on distance on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 27   In the year 1792 don Joaquin B F Espartero, Spanish adventurer/fieldmarshal   

Feb 28   Karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist in the year 1792.   

Feb 29   In the year 1792 gioacchino Rossini, Pesaro Italy, composer (Barber of Seville)   

Feb 29   The birth of John Holland, American inventor of the submarine in the year 1792.   

Mar 01   US Presidential Succession Act passed in the year 1792.   

Mar 03   In the year 1792 robert Adam, Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at 63   

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   John Stone patented the pile driver on this day 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 16   Murder attempt on King Gustavus III by count Ankarstrom at opera in the year 1792.   

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

Mar 29   Gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-92), dies of wounds in the year 1792.   

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 on this day in history.   

Apr 01   In the year 1792 gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1792.   

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

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

Mar 29   Gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-92), dies of wounds on this day in history.   

Apr 03   George Pocock, British admiral (b. 1706) died on this day in history.   

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