1792
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century Decades: 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s - 1790s - 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s Years: 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791 - 1792 - 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797
| Table of contents |
|
2 Ongoing events 3 Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 Monarchs/Presidents |
Events
- January 25 - The London Corresponding Society is founded.
- February 20 - The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington.
- April 2 - The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
- April 5 - United States President George Washington vetos a bill designed to apportion representatives among U.S. states. This is the first time the presidential veto has been used in the United States.
- April 21 - "Tiradentes," Minas Conspiracy leader in Brazil, is executed in Rio de Janeiro.
- April 25 - Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
- May 11 - Captain Robert Gray becomes the first white man to discover the Columbia River.
- May 17 - Buttonwood Agreement is signed, beginnings of New York Stock Exchange.
- June 1 - Kentucky is admitted as the 15th U.S. state and as one of its first orders of business ratifies all twelve articles of the Bill of Rights, including one that is technically still pending for consideration.
- October 12 - First celebration of Columbus Day in the USA held in New York.
- October 13 - In Washington, DC, the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.
- October 29 - Mt. 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.
- French revolution comes to an end, monarchy is abolished and French Republic is declared on sept 22; Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle composes La Marseillaise aka "Marche pour les armees du Rhin".
- Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, last emperor, takes office.
- Treaty of Jassy ends Russian war with Ottoman Empire over Crimea.
- Russia invades Poland: War in defence of the constitution.
- Swedish king Gustav III is assassinated at a masked ball at the Stockholm opera house, is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
- King John VI takes over from his insane mother in Portugal.
- George Washington is re-elected as president of the United States.
- Tipu Sultan invades Kerala in India, but is repulsed.
- George Vancouver explores Puget Sound, becomes first European to see Mount Rainier.
- Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, an astronomer, publishes "The Tables of the Sun", an essential early work for navigation.
- Claude Chappe successfully demonstrates the first semaphore line, between Paris and Lille.
- William Murdoch invents gas lighting.
- George Anschutz constructs first blast furnace in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Thomas Holcroft produces the play Road to Ruin in London.
- Barthelemy Catherine Joubert, later general, becomes sub-lieutenant.
- Johann Georg Albrechtberger becomes Kapellmeister in Vienna.
- State Street Corporation is founded.
Ongoing events
Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy
- 1792 in literature:
- Letters from an American Farmer - Jean de Crevecoeur
- 1792 in music
- 1792 in science
Births
- January 12 - Johann Arfvedson, Swedish chemist (+ 1841)
- February 10 - Captain Frederick Marryat, British author (+ 1848)
- February 17 - Karl Ernst von Baer, naturalist
- February 29 - Gioacchino Rossini, Italian composer
- March 3 - Johann Karl Ludwig Gieseler, German church historian (+ 1854)
- March 7 - John Herschel, mathematician, astronomer (+ 1871)
- April 1 - Karl Gottlob Zumpt, scholar.
- April 23 - John Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer, physicist (+ 1882)
- April 25 - John Keble, British poet, professor (+ 1866).
- May 13 - Pope Pius IX (+ 1878)
- May 17 - Anne Isabella Milbanke, wife to George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron.
- May 21 - Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French engineer, scientist.
- June 16 - John Linnell, British painter (+ 1882)
- July 10 - George M. Dallas, American senator, vice-president
- June 21 - Ferdinand Christian Baur, theologian (+ 1860)
- August 4 - Percy Bysshe Shelley, British poet
- August 13 - Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen-Consort of King William IV of the United Kingdom
- August 18 - Lord John Russell, British prime minister
- September 19 - William Backhouse Astor, Sr, American business tycoon
- September 26 - William Hobson, first governor of New Zealand (+ 1842)
- November 11 - Mary Anne Evans, wife of Benjamin Disraeli
- November 28 - Victor Cousin, French philosopher (+ 1867)
- December 1 - Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician
- December 6 - William II of the Netherlands (+ 1849)
- Matteo Carcassi, Italian musician, composer
- William Henry Smith, British businessman
Deaths
- February 23 - Sir Joshua Reynolds, British painter
- March 1 - Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
- March 3 - Robert Adam, British architect * 1728
- March 29 - King Gustav III of Sweden dies after having been shot by an assassin on March 16
- April 23 - Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian, adventurer
- June 4 - John Burgoyne, British general
- July 3 - Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick
- July 18 - John Paul Jones, American naval captain
- September 8 - Charles d'Abancourt, French statesman, killed
- October 7 - George Mason, U.S. Patriot, "Father of the Bill of Rights"
- December 15 - Joseph Martin Kraus, composer
- Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab, Wahhabi preacher
Monarchs/Presidents
- China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October 18, 1735 to February 9, 1796)
- United States - George Washington (April 30, 1789 to March 4, 1797)