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1792 (MDCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1792nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 792nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 92nd year of the 18th century, and the 3rd year of the 1790s decade. As of the start of 1792, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
- March 11 - The city of Freetown is founded in Sierra Leone.
- April 2 - The Coinage Act of 1792 standardizes the U.S. currency.
- June 1 - Kentucky becomes a U.S. state.
- September 22 - The Kingdom of France is replaced by the French First Republic.
- Unknown - James Johnstone proves that Vancouver Island is an island.[1]
Births
- April 4 - Thaddeus Stevens, American Republican politician
- May 13 - Pope Pius IX, 256th Pope
- June 15 – Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, Australian explorer
- July 10 - George M. Dallas, 11th Vice President of the United States
- August 18 - John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician
- October 20 - John Pascoe Fawkner, pioneer and politician who started the city of Melbourne
- December 6 - William II of the Netherlands, King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Deaths
- March 29 - Gustav III of Sweden, King of Sweden
- May 15 - Maria Luisa of Spain, Holy Roman Empress
- August 4 - John Burgoyne, British general
1792 Media
August 10: French Revolution leaders send troops to storm the Tuilleries Palace and capture King Louis XVI.
May 21: Mount Unzen erupts.
October 29: Mount Hood is named.
Gioachino Rossini, c. 1850 (F. Perrin lithograph)
Thaddeus Stevens. Library of Congress description: "Hon. Thaddeus Stevens of Penn."
- Percy Bysshe Shelley, by Alfred Clint (died 1883). See source website for additional information. This set of images was gathered by User:Dcoetzee from the National Portrait Gallery, London website using a special tool. All images in this batch have been confirmed as author died before 1939 according to the official death date listed by the NPG.
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References
- ↑ Robson, John (2007). "Hakluyt edition of Vancouver's journals". W. Kaye Lamb, editor, Vol. 2, p 616. Archived from the original on 2007-06-22. Retrieved 2007-07-27.