Historical Events in 1792
- Feb 20 US postal service created, postage 6-12 cents depending on distance
- Mar 16 King Gustav III of Sweden is shot by Count Jacob Johan Anckarström at a masked ball at the Opera; he dies on March 29
- 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 21 Brazilian revolutionary Tiradentes, is hanged, drawn and quartered in Rio de Janeiro
- Apr 25 Guillotine first used in France, executes highwayman Nicolas Pelletier
- May 17 24 merchants form the New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street
- May 21 Mount Unzen on Japan's Shimabara Peninsula, erupts creating a tsunami, killing about 15,000; Japan's deadliest volcanic eruption
- 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 21 French Revolution: The National Convention passes a proclamation announcing the formal abolition of the French monarchy
- Sep 22 French First Republic formed by the National Convention, stripping the French king of his powers
- Dec 11 France's King Louis XVI goes on trial, accused of high treason and crimes against the state
- Dec 26 Trial of French King Louis XVI, court hears the kings defense brought by Raymond Desèze
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1792 in Music
- Dec 12 In Vienna, Ludwig van Beethoven (22) receives 1st lesson in music composition from Franz Joseph Haydn
Did You Know?
Gioachino Rossini
John Herschel
John Russell
Leopold II
Gustav III
Tiradentes
Richard Arkwright
Frederick North
George Mason
Ludwig van Beethoven
George Washington
Louis XVI
William Pitt the Younger