Notable Historical Events - 1792
1792 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 9 |
Russia & Turkey sign Peace of Jassy |
Jan 25 |
The London Corresponding Society is founded. |
Feb 7 |
Austria & Prussia sign anti-French covenant |
Feb 7 |
D Cimarosa's opera "Il Matrimonio Segreto," premieres in Vienna |
Feb 20 |
US postal service created, postage 6 cents - 12 cents depending on distance |
Feb 21 |
US Congress passes Presidential Succession Act |
Feb 23 |
Joseph Haydn's 94th Symphony in G, premieres |
Feb 23 |
Humane Society of Massachusetts incorporated (erected life-saving stations for distressed mariners) |
Mar 1 |
US Presidential Succession Act passed |
Mar 4 |
Oranges introduced to Hawaii |
Mar 16 |
King Gustav III of Sweden is shot Count Anckarström at a masked ball at the Opera; he dies on March 29. |
Mar 24 |
Benjamin West (US) becomes president of Royal Academy of London |
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. |
Apr 1 |
Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce |
Apr 2 |
The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint and authorizing the $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle & 2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins & silver dollar, ½ dollar, quarter, dime & half-dime |
Apr 5 |
George Washington casts 1st presidential veto |
Apr 14 |
France declares war on Austria, starting French Revolutionary Wars |
Apr 20 |
France declares war on Austria, Prussia & Sardinia |
Apr 21 |
Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered. |
Apr 24 |
"La Marseillaise" composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle |
Apr 25 |
Guillotine first used in France, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier |
May 7 |
Capt Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington) |
May 8 |
British Capt George Vancouver sights and names Mt Rainier, Wash |
May 8 |
US establishes military draft |
May 11 |
Columbia River discovered & named by US Capt Robert Gray |
May 12 |
Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented |
May 16 |
Denmark abolishes slave trade |
May 17 |
24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street |
May 19 |
Russian army enters Poland |
Jun 1 |
Kentucky admitted as 15th US state |
Jun 4 |
Capt George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain |
Jun 12 |
George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver BC |
Jun 13 |
King Louis XVI dissmisses French government |
Jun 21 |
Vancouver meets Spanish ships Sutil & Mexicana off Vancouver, BC |
Jul 8 |
France declares war on Prussia |
Jul 11 |
Prussia army moves into French territory |
Jul 25 |
Dutch patriots exiles finds "Bataafs Legion" |
Jul 25 |
The Brunswick Manifesto issued to population of Paris promising vengeance if French Royal Family harmed. |
Jul 30 |
500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for 1st time |
Jul 31 |
Cornerstone laid for 1st US government building: US Mint in Philaelphia |
Aug 10 |
Mobs in Paris attack palace of Louis XVI |
Aug 13 |
Revolutionaries imprison French royals including Marie Antoinette |
Aug 29 |
British man o'war HMS Royal George capsizes at Spithead; more than 800 killed |
Sep 2 |
September Massacres of the French Revolution: In Paris rampaging mobs slaughter 3 Roman Catholic bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers. |
Sep 11 |
The Hope Diamond is stolen with other crown jewels when six men break into house used to store the jewels. |
Sep 20 |
French defeat Prussians at Valmy |
Sep 21 |
Collot D'Herbois, first man to propose to abolish the monarchy in France at National Convention |
Sep 22 |
French First Republic formed by the National Convention, stripping French King of his powers |
Sep 26 |
Marc-David Lasource begins accusing Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a dictatorship for France. |
Oct 2 |
Baptist Missionary Society forms in London |
Oct 12 |
First celebration of Columbus Day in the USA held in New York |
Oct 13 |
"Old Farmer's Almanac" is 1st published |
Oct 13 |
Washington lays cornerstone of Executive Mansion (White House) |
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. |
Nov 6 |
Battle of Jemappes: French army beats Holy Roman Empire |
Nov 14 |
Captain George Vancouver is first Englishman to enter San Francisco Bay |
Nov 25 |
Farmer's Almanac first published |
Dec 5 |
George Washington re-elected as US president |
Dec 8 |
1st cremation in US, Henry Laurens |
Dec 11 |
France's King Louis XVI goes on trial, accused of high treason and crimes against the state |
Dec 12 |
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) |
Dec 17 |
Opening of 1st legislative assembly of Lower Canada in Quebec city |
Dec 26 |
During trial of French King Louis XVI court hears the kings defense brought by Raymond Desèze |
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