Historical Events In 1792

Sep 08   On this day in history joseph Netherclift, composer   

Sep 11   The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other crown jewels when six men break into the house used to store the jewels on this day in history.   

Sep 14   Gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane on this day in history.   

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

Sep 20   French defeat Prussians at Valmy in the year 1792.   

Sep 21   1st French Republic forms in the year 1792.   

Sep 21   France becomes a republic, abolishing its monarchy in the year 1792.   

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

Sep 22   Origin of French Republican Era in the year 1792.   

Sep 26   Marc-David Lasource begins accusing Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a dictatorship for France in the year 1792.   

Sep 27   George Cruikshank, London, caricaturist (Oliver Twist) on this day in history.   

Sep 27   The birth of George Cruikshank, English illustrator and caricaturist on this day in history.   

Oct 02   Baptist Missionary Society forms in London on this day in history.   

Oct 02   Philip Cipriani Hambley Potter, pianist/composer in the year 1792.   

Oct 03   In the year 1792 cipriani Potter, composer   

Oct 12   Columbus Day is 1st celebrated on this day in history.   

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

Oct 13   On this day in history moritz Hauptmann, composer   

Oct 13   In the year 1792 washington lays cornerstone of the Executive Mansion (White House)   

Oct 19   On this day in history dirk Donker Curtius, Dutch attorney/minister of Justice (liberal)   

Oct 20   Anton Bernhard Furstenau, composer in the year 1792.   

Oct 29   On this day in history 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.   

Nov 06   In the year 1792 battle at Jemappes: French army beats Ausrtrians   

Nov 13   On this day in history edward John Trelawney, England, traveler/author (Adv of Younger Son)   

Nov 14   In the year 1792 capt George Vancouver is 1st Englishman to enter SF Bay   

Nov 14   In the year 1792 capt George Vancouver is first Englishman to enter San Francisco Bay   

Nov 25   In the year 1792 farmer's Almanac 1st published   

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   Lobachevsky, mathematician on this day in history.   

Dec 05   On this day in history george Washington re-elected US pres   

Dec 06   Abraham J van de Aa, lexicographer (Biographic Dictionary) in the year 1792.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   Robert Patterson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881 was born on this day in history.   

Jan 12   Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (d. 1841) was born on this day in history.   

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   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   On this day in history birth of istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor   

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

Feb 23   In the year 1792 joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68   

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 in the year 1792.   

Mar 10   On this day in history 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.