1792 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1792?
- January 25, 1792 – The London Corresponding Society is founded.
- March 16, 1792 – King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he died on March 29.
- April 5, 1792 – U.S. President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
- April 20, 1792 – France declares war on Austria, the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
- April 25, 1792 – La Marseillaise (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
- April 28, 1792 – France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium), beginning the French Revolutionary War.
- May 15, 1792 – War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia.
- May 17, 1792 – The New York Stock Exchange is formed.
- June 1, 1792 – Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
- July 25, 1792 – The Brunswick Manifesto is issued to the population of Paris promising vengeance if the French Royal Family is harmed.
- August 10, 1792 – French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace – Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.
- August 16, 1792 – Maximilien Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.
- September 2, 1792 – During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic Church bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
- September 11, 1792 – The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house used to store them.
- September 21, 1792 – The National Convention declares France a republic and abolishes the monarchy.
- September 26, 1792 – Marc-David Lasource begins accusing Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a dictatorship for France.
- October 12, 1792 – First celebration of Columbus Day in the USA held in New York
- October 13, 1792 – In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.
- October 29, 1792 – 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.
- December 11, 1792 – French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
Are you looking for a day of the week calculator? Try it on any date like anniversaries, birthday of someone you know, or any other date that is special to you. You can even try it on historical dates. For example: March 2, 1792
(Sponsored by DayOfTheWeek.org)
Share or Link to This Page: