Historical Events In 1792

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

Jan 09   In the year 1792 russia & Turkey sign Peace of Jassy   

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

Jan 12   In the year 1792 robert Patterson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881   

Jan 21   French King Louis XVI was executed in Paris on this day in history.   

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

Jan 25   The London Corresponding Society is founded on this day in history.   

Feb 07   Austria & Prussia sign anti-French covenant in the year 1792.   

Feb 12   Ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter on this day in history.   

Feb 20   US postal service created, postage 6 cents in the year 1792.   

Feb 20   US postal service created; postage 6¢-12½¢, depending on distance in the year 1792.   

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   On this day in history humane Society of Massachusetts incorporated (erected life-saving stations for distressed mariners)   

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

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

Feb 28   On this day in history karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 01   On this day in history uS Presidential Succession Act passed   

Mar 03   Robert Adam, Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at 63 in the year 1792.   

Mar 04   On this day in history oranges introduced to Hawaii   

Mar 07   Captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington) on this day in history.   

Mar 07   On this day in history john Herschel, Slough England, William Herschel's son, astronomer   

Mar 10   John Stone patented the pile driver on this day in the year 1792.   

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

Mar 16   In the year 1792 murder attempt on King Gustavus III by count Ankarstrom at opera   

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   In the year 1792 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.   

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

Apr 02   In the year 1792 congress establishes Philadelphia mint   

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Jan 08   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history birth of ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter   

Feb 23   Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor was born on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Mar 10   John Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute/English premier (1760-63), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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

Apr 03   In the year 1792 death of george Pocock, British admiral (b. 1706)   

Apr 04   James Sykes, American politician (b. 1725) died on this day in history.