1792

Year 1792 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 11-day slower ).

January - June

 * - ends n war with  over.
 * - The, establishing the , is signed by President.


 * - King  shot in the back by  at a midnight  at the Royal Opera in Stockholm; he lives until March 29, to be succeeded by.
 * - A new capital of and county seat of the newly formed  is established after North Carolina  and surveyor  submits his design for the city.  A few months later the capital is officially named  in honor of Sir.
 * April - France goes to war against Austria and Prussia.
 * - The is passed establishing the.
 * -  s a bill designed to apportion representatives among s. This is the first time the presidential veto has been used in the.
 * - declares war against the.
 * -, prime figure in the plot, is executed in ,.
 * - First experimental use of the in.
 * becomes the first person executed by.
 * "", the, composed by.
 * - Captain becomes the first white man to enter the.
 * - is signed, beginnings of
 * - Old lava dome collapses in, when   erupts: resulting  and  kills about 14,300 people.
 * - is admitted as the 15th  and as one of its first orders of business ratifies all twelve articles of the, including  that is technically still pending for consideration.
 * - Captain claims  for.
 * - Captain claims  for.



July - December

 * - : Storming of the -  is arrested and taken into custody.
 * - During what became known as the of the, rampaging mobs slaughtered three  s and more than two hundred s.
 * - Six men steal some of the former French Crown jewels from a warehouse where the revolutionary government used to store them.
 * - - French revolutionary army defeats Prussians under Duke of Brunswick after 7-hour artillery duel.
 * - French convention abolishes the monarchy and establishes the.
 * - Beginning of the of the historical.
 * - First celebration of in the  held in ; 300 years after.
 * - Foundation of . The cornerstone of the  Executive Mansion, known as the  since, is laid.
 * -  is named after the British naval officer  by Lt. William E. Broughton, who spotted the mountain near the mouth of the.
 * - is re-elected.
 * - Trial of begins.

Undated

 * is founded in,.
 * , chief surgeon of the Grand Armee of France, created the first ambulance wagons specifically designed as ambulances.
 * , last emperor, takes office.
 * invades :.
 * King takes over from his insane mother in.
 * invades in, but is repulsed.
 * explores, becomes first European to see.
 * , an astronomer, publishes "The Tables of the Sun", an essential early work for navigation.
 * successfully demonstrates the first line, between Paris and Lille.
 * begins experimenting with.
 * constructs first in.
 * produces the play Road to Ruin in.
 * , later general, becomes sub-lieutenant.
 * becomes in.
 * is founded.
 * Shiloh Meeting House, predecessor of Shiloh United Methodist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia is founded.
 * Publication of 's 

Ongoing events

 * (1792-).
 * (1792-).

Births

 * -, Swedish chemist (d. )
 * - Captain, British author (d. )
 * -, German naturalist (d. )
 * -, Italian composer (d. )
 * -, German church historian (d. )
 * -, American inventor (d. )
 * -, English mathematician and astronomer (d. )
 * -, German scholar (d. )
 * -, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. )
 * -, British poet (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, German-born banker (d. )
 * -, English wife of
 * -, (d. )
 * -, French engineer and scientist (d. )
 * -, Pioneer and newspaper publisher in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (d. )
 * -, British painter (d. )
 * -, British businessman (d. )
 * -, U.S. Senator and (d. )
 * -, German theologian (d. )
 * -, British poet (d. )
 * -, queen of (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American business tycoon (d. )
 * -, first Governor of New Zealand (d. )
 * -, Explorer and Surveyor-General of New South Wales, Australia (d. )
 * -, wife of (d. )
 * -, French philosopher (d. )
 * -, Russian mathematician (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * date unknown -, Italian musician and composer (d. )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * - Sir, British painter (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, British architect (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * - King (assassinated) (b. )
 * , British admiral (b. )
 * , English statesman (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, Slovakian astronomer (b. )
 * -, German theologian and adventurer (b. )
 * -, English statesman (b. )
 * -, American delegate to the Continental Congress
 * -, French dramatist (b. )
 * -, British naval officer (b. )
 * -, British general (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, American naval captain (b. )
 * -, Chancellor of France (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, French writer (b. )
 * -, French friend of (murdered)
 * -, French statesman (b. )
 * -, German religious leader (b. )
 * -, Danish statesman (b. )
 * -, American patriot (b. )
 * -, French astronomer (b. )
 * , German physician and scientist (b. )
 * , English civil engineer (b. )
 * -, Swedish composer (b. )
 * date unknown -, Arabic preacher (b. )
 * -, Swedish composer (b. )
 * date unknown -, Arabic preacher (b. )


 * See also .