Year 1792 (MDCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Events and Trends King George III ascends the British throne in 1760. Events and trends For more events see 18th century United States Declaration of Independence ratified by the Continental Congress Events and trends 1783 First manned Hot air balloon invented in France. Events and trends French Revolution ( 1789 - 1799) It is considered to have effectively ended on November 9, 1799 when Events and Trends End of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe (1803 - 1815 Events and trends Nationalistic independence helped reshape the world during this decade Greece gains independence from the Ottoman Empire This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Explorations 1799: Napoleon in Egypt: French troops occupy Egyptian territory The year 1792 in architecture involved some significant events Events François-André Vincent becomes a professor at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in Paris See also 1791 in literature, other events of 1792, 1793 in literature, List of years in literature. Events Works published William Blake 's Song of Liberty Samuel Rogers ' The Pleasures of Memory Events April 13 - Joseph Martin Kraus 's Symphonie funèbre is played at the funeral of Gustavus III of Sweden. The year 1792 in Science and Technology involved some significant events See also 1791 in Australia other events of 1792, 1793 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. Events Catherine II grants a monopoly of furs in Alaska to Grigorii Shelikov Incumbents Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - William Pitt the Younger, Tory 1791 state leaders - Events of 1792 - 1793 state leaders - State leaders by year ----- Africa Ashanti Confederacy Portugal Angola - Manuel de Almeida e Vasconcelos, Governor of Angola ( 1790 - 1797) Macau Roman numerals are a Numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. This is the Calendar for any Leap year starting on Sunday ( Dominical letter AG) such as 2012. The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today This is the Calendar for any Leap year starting on Thursday ( Dominical letter DC) such as 2004. The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita

Events of 1792

April 24: Guillotine (1792 model, left). Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to The guillotine ( pronounced /ˈgijətin/ or /ˈgɪlətin/ in English in French was a device used for carrying out executions by Decapitation.

May 21: Mount Unzen (Japan) erupts. Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Mount Unzen ( jp 雲仙岳 Unzendake) is an active volcanic complex of several overlapping Stratovolcanoes also known as a Composite volcano For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.

June 1: Kentucky statehood. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America.

January - June

• January 9 - Treaty of Jassy ends Russian war with Ottoman Empire over Crimea. Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. The Treaty of Jassy, signed at Jassy ( Iaşi) in Moldavia (presently in Romania) was a pact between the Russian and Ottoman Empires Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish Crimea (kraɪˈmiːə or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Крим Автономна Республіка Крим Avtonomna Respublika Krym; Крым
• February 20 - The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington. Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment The Postal Service Act was a piece of United States federal legislation that established the United States Post Office Department. George Washington (February 22 1732 December 14 1799 served as the first President of the United States of America (1789&ndash1797 and led the
• March 16 - King Gustav III of Sweden shot in the back by Jacob Johan Anckarström at a midnight masquerade at the Royal Opera in Stockholm; he lives until March 29, to be succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Gustav III ( – 29 March 1792) was King of Sweden from 1771 until his death Jacob Johan Anckarström ( May 11, 1762 - April 27, 1792) was a Swedish military officer and Regicide. A masquerade ball (or bal masqué) is an event which the participants attend in Costume wearing a Mask. Gustav IV Adolf (November 1 1778 &ndash February 7 1837 was King of Sweden from 1792 until his abdication in 1809
• March 20 - A new capital of North Carolina and county seat of the newly formed Wake County is established after North Carolina State Senator and surveyor William Christmas submits his design for the city. Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States Wake County is a County located in the US state of North Carolina. A state senator is a member of a state's Senate, the Upper house in the Bicameral legislature of 49 U A few months later the capital is officially named Raleigh in honor of Sir Walter Raleigh. Raleigh (pronounced rah-lee) is the Capital of the State of North Carolina and the county seat of Wake County, USA Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh (c 1552 – 29 October 1618 was a famed English writer Poet, Soldier, Courtier and Explorer
• April - France goes to war against Austria and Prussia.
• April 2 - The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint. Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of The Coinage Act or the Mint Act, passed by the United States Congress on April 2, 1792, established the United States Mint and regulated The United States Mint primarily produces circulating coinage for the United States to conduct its Trade and Commerce.
• April 5 - United States President George Washington vetos a bill designed to apportion representatives among U.S. states. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by George Washington (February 22 1732 December 14 1799 served as the first President of the United States of America (1789&ndash1797 and led the A veto, Latin for "I forbid" is used to Denote that a certain party has the right to stop unilaterally a certain piece of Legislation. A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government This is the first time the presidential veto has been used in the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• April 20 - France declares war against Austria. Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich
• April 21 - Tiradentes, prime figure in the Inconfidência Mineira plot, is executed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, known as Tiradentes ( August 16, 1746 &ndash- April 21, 1792) was a leading member of the Brazilian The Inconfidência Mineira (Minas Conspiracy of 1789, was a Brazilian Independence movement. Rio de Janeiro ("River of January" ˈhiw dʒi ʒʌˈnejɾu in Brazilian Portuguese, /ˈriːoʊ di ʒəˈnɛroʊ/ in English is the second largest city of Brazil |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld
• April 24 - First experimental use of the guillotine in France. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to The guillotine ( pronounced /ˈgijətin/ or /ˈgɪlətin/ in English in French was a device used for carrying out executions by Decapitation. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
• April 25
  • Highwayman Nicolas J. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. The word highwayman is first attested from the year 1617 The term "highwayman" is mainly applied to robbers who travelled on horseback as opposed to those who robbed on foot Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine. The guillotine ( pronounced /ˈgijətin/ or /ˈgɪlətin/ in English in French was a device used for carrying out executions by Decapitation.
  • "La Marseillaise", the French national anthem, composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle. " La Marseillaise " (la maʁsɛˡjɛz in English The Song of Marseille) is the National anthem of France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history traditions and struggles of its people recognized either by a nation's Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle ( May 10, 1760 in Lons-le-Saunier, Jura – June 26, 1836 in Choisy-le-Roi,
• May 11 - Captain Robert Gray becomes the first white man to enter the Columbia River. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Robert Gray ( May 10, 1755 – c July 1806 was an American merchant sea-captain and explorer The Columbia River (known as
• May 17 - Buttonwood Agreement is signed, beginnings of New York Stock Exchange
• May 21 - Old lava dome collapses in Kyūshū, Japan when Mount Unzen volcano erupts: resulting avalanche and tsunami kills about 14,300 people. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. The Buttonwood Agreement, which took place on May 17, 1792, started the New York Stock & Exchange Board (now called the NYSE which is short for New York Stock The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) is a Stock exchange based in New York City. Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. or Kyushu is the third-largest Island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Mount Unzen ( jp 雲仙岳 Unzendake) is an active volcanic complex of several overlapping Stratovolcanoes also known as a Composite volcano Plate tectonics and hotspots Divergent plate boundaries At the This article refers to the natural event For other uses see Avalanche (disambiguation An avalanche is an abrupt and rapid flow of snow often A tsunami ((tsuːˈnɑːmi is a series of waves created when
• June 4 - Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Great Britain. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Captain George Vancouver Puget Sound (ˈpjuːʤᵻt is an arm of the Pacific Ocean, connected to the rest of the Pacific by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, in the Pacific Northwest The Kingdom of Great Britain, also known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was a State in northwest Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1800

September 20: Battle of Valmy. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. The Battle of Valmy, also known as the Cannonade of Valmy, was a tactically indecisive artillery engagement but strategically it ensured the survival of the French

July - December

• August 10 - French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace - Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody. Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an The Palais des Tuileries was a royal Palace in Paris. It stood on the right bank of the River Seine until 1871, when it was destroyed Louis XVI ( 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) Louis-Auguste de France, ruled as King of France and Navarre
• September - George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney sails from Portsmouth to China. George Macartney should not be confused with Sir George McCartney, a later British statesman History See also History of Portsmouth There have been settlements in the area since before Roman times mostly being offshoots of Portchester, which China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National
• September 2 - During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughtered three Roman Catholic Church bishops and more than two hundred priests. Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. September Massacres were a wave of Mob violence which overtook Paris in late summer 1792, during the French Revolution. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight A priest or priestess is a person having the authority or power to administer religious rites in particular rites of sacrifice to and propitiation of a deity or deities
• September 11 - Six men steal some of the former French Crown jewels from a warehouse where the revolutionary government used to store them. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul
• September 20 - Battle of Valmy - French revolutionary army defeats Prussians under Duke of Brunswick after 7-hour artillery duel. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. The Battle of Valmy, also known as the Cannonade of Valmy, was a tactically indecisive artillery engagement but strategically it ensured the survival of the French
• September 21 - French convention abolishes the monarchy and establishes the First Republic. Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. The First Republic in France, officially the French Republic (République française was proclaimed on 21 September 1792 during the French Revolution.
• September 22 - Beginning of the Era of the historical French Republican Calendar. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians A calendar era is the year numbering system used by a Calendar. The French Republican Calendar or French Revolutionary Calendar was a Calendar proposed during the French Revolution, and used by the French government
• October 12 - First celebration of Columbus Day in the USA held in New York; 300 years after. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Many countries in the New World and elsewhere celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus 's arrival in the Americas, which occurred on October 12, The United States of America —commonly referred to as the New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous
• October 13 - Foundation of Washington, DC. Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D   The cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion, known as the White House since 1818, is laid. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the See also Executive Office of the President of the United States The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the Official residence Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common
• October 29 - Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after the British naval officer Samuel Hood by Lt. Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Mount Hood (called Wy'east by the Multnomah tribe) is a Stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc in northern Oregon ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. For other related uses see Admiral Hood Samuel Hood 1st Viscount Hood ( 12 December 1724 &ndash 27 January William E. Broughton, who spotted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River. The Willamette River (pronounced) is a Tributary of the Columbia River.
• December 3 - George Washington is re-elected President of the United States. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French George Washington (February 22 1732 December 14 1799 served as the first President of the United States of America (1789&ndash1797 and led the The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by
• December 26 - Trial of Louis XVI of France begins. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Louis XVI ( 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) Louis-Auguste de France, ruled as King of France and Navarre

October 13: Washington, DC founded. Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D

Undated

• Baptist Missionary Society is founded in Kettering, England. BMS World Mission is a Christian Missionary society founded by Baptists from England around 1792. Kettering is a Town in Northamptonshire, England, UK. It is the main town within the Borough of Kettering. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
• Dominique-Jean Larrey, chief surgeon of the Grand Armee of France, created the first ambulance wagons specifically designed as ambulances. Dominique Jean Larrey ( 8 July, 1766 &ndash 25 July, 1842) was a French surgeon in Napoleon 's army and an important
• Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, last emperor, takes office. Francis II (Franz II Heiliger Römischer Kaiser ( 12 February 1768 &ndash 2 March 1835) was the last Holy Roman Emperor, ruling
• Russia invades Poland: War in defence of the constitution. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland
• King John VI takes over from his insane mother in Portugal. John VI (13 May 1767 &ndash 10 March 1826 ( Portuguese João, ʒʊˈɐ̃ũ the Clement ( Port Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula.
• Tipu Sultan invades Kerala in India, but is repulsed. Kerala ( Malayalam: {{Kerala in Malayalam}}; India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country
• George Vancouver explores Puget Sound, becomes first European to see Mount Rainier. Captain George Vancouver Puget Sound (ˈpjuːʤᵻt is an arm of the Pacific Ocean, connected to the rest of the Pacific by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, in the Pacific Northwest Mount Rainier is an active Stratovolcano (also known as a composite volcano in Pierce County Washington, located southeast of Seattle, Washington
• Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, an astronomer, publishes "The Tables of the Sun", an essential early work for navigation. Baron Franz Xaver von Zach ( Franz Xaver Freiherr von Zach) ( June 4, 1754 &ndash September 2, 1832) was a Hungarian astronomer
• Claude Chappe successfully demonstrates the first semaphore line, between Paris and Lille. Claude Chappe ( December 25, 1763 &ndash January 23, 1805) was a French inventor who in 1792 demonstrated a practical semaphore system A semaphore telegraph, optical telegraph, shutter telegraph chain, Chappe telegraph, or Napoleonic semaphore is a system
• William Murdoch begins experimenting with gas lighting. William Murdoch (sometimes spelled Murdock) ( August 21, 1754 - November 15, 1839) was a Scottish engineer and inventor Gas lighting refers to a technology used to produce light from gas usually methane but also including hydrogen and ethylene
• George Anschutz constructs first blast furnace in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical Furnace used for Smelting to produce metals generally Iron.
• Thomas Holcroft produces the play Road to Ruin in London. Thomas Holcroft ( December 10, 1745 - March 23, 1809) was an English Dramatist and miscellaneous writer London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
• Barthelemy Catherine Joubert, later general, becomes sub-lieutenant. Barthélemy Catherine Joubert ( April 14, 1769 &mdash August 15, 1799) was a French general
• Johann Georg Albrechtberger becomes Kapellmeister in Vienna. Johann Georg Albrechtsberger ( February 3, 1736 - March 7, 1809) was an Austrian musician who was born at Klosterneuburg, Kapellmeister (kəˈpɛlˌmaɪstər is a German word designating a person in charge of music-making Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria.
• State Street Corporation is founded.
• Shiloh Meeting House, predecessor of Shiloh United Methodist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia is founded.
• Publication of Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

October 29: Mount Hood is named. Mary Wollstonecraft (ˈwʊlstənkrɑːft 27 April 1759 – 10 September A Vindication of the Rights of Woman with Strictures on Political and Moral Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Mount Hood (called Wy'east by the Multnomah tribe) is a Stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc in northern

• First written examination in Europe were held at Cambridge University, England. A test or an examination (or "exam" is an Assessment, often administered on paper or on the computer, intended to measure the test-takers' or The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the

Ongoing events

• French Revolution (1789-1799). The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a
• French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802). The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major conflicts from 1792 until 1802 fought between the French Revolutionary government and several European states Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the

Births

• January 12 - Johann Arfvedson, Swedish chemist (d. The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays was a after Tenmei and before Kyōwa. This period spanned the years from 1789 through 1801. The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Johan August Arfvedson ( January 12, 1792 &ndash October 28, 1841) was a Swedish chemist who discovered the chemical element 1841)
• February 10 - Captain Frederick Marryat, British author (d. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Captain Frederick Marryat ( July 10, 1792 &ndash August 9, 1848) was an English Novelist a contemporary and acquaintance 1848)
• February 17 - Karl Ernst von Baer, German naturalist (d. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Karl Ernst von Baer ( -) was a Baltic German Biologist and a founding father of Embryology. 1876)
• February 29 - Gioacchino Rossini, Italian composer (d. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Leap years Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours 1868)
• March 3 - Johann Karl Ludwig Gieseler, German church historian (d. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Johann Karl Ludwig Gieseler, KH ( March 3, 1792 – July 8, 1854) was a Protestant German church historian 1854)
• March 4 - Samuel Slocum, American inventor (d. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Samuel Slocum ( March 4 1792 - January 26 1861) was an American inventor from Poughkeepsie New York. 1861)
• March 7 - John Herschel, English mathematician and astronomer (d. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Sir John Frederick William Herschel 1st Baronet KH, FRS ( March 7, 1792 &ndash May 11, 1871)was an 1871)
• April 1 - Karl Gottlob Zumpt, German scholar (d. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Karl Gottlob (Timotheus Zumpt ( April 1, 1792 &ndash June 25, 1849) was a German Philologist from Berlin. 1894)
• April 23 - John Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at John Thomas Romney Robinson ( April 23 1792 - February 28, 1882) was an Irish astronomer and physicist. 1882)
• April 25 - John Keble, British poet (d. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. John Keble ( 25 April 1792 – 29 March 1866) was an English churchman one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement, 1866)
• May 13 - Pope Pius IX (d. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Blessed Pope Pius IX (May 13 1792 &ndash February 7 1878 born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, was Pope from June 16 1846 until 1878 1878)
• May 15 - James Mayer Rothschild, German-born banker (d. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the James de Rothschild ( May 15, 1792 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany - November 15, 1868 in Paris France) 1868)
• May 17 - Anne Isabella Milbanke, English wife of George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
• May 18 - Margaret Ann Neve, supercentenarian (d. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Anne Isabella Noel Byron 11th Baroness Wentworth ( 17 May 1792 &ndash 16 May 1860) was the wife Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. This is an incomplete list of British supercentenarians (people who have attained the age of at least 110 years and 0 days ordered by date of birth A supercentenarian (sometimes hyphenated as super-centenarian) is someone who has reached the age of 110 Years or more something achieved by only one in 1903)
• May 21 - Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French engineer and scientist (d. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis or Gustave Coriolis (21 May 1792 – 19 September 1843 was a French Mathematician, Mechanical engineer and 1843)
• June 15 - John Pascoe Fawkner, Pioneer and newspaper publisher in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (d. Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history John Pascoe Fawkner ( 20 October 1792 – 4 September 1869) was an early pioneer businessman and politician of Melbourne, 1869)
• June 16 - John Linnell, British painter (d. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. John Linnell ( June 16, 1792 - January 20, 1882) was an English Landscape painter. 1882)
• July 7 - William Henry Smith, British businessman (d. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death William Henry Smith ( July 7, 1792 &ndash July 28, 1865) was an Entrepreneur whose business was about both Newsagents 1865)
• July 10 - George M. Dallas, U. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. George Mifflin Dallas (July 10 1792 &ndash December 31 1864 was a U S. Senator and Vice President of the United States (d. The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death 1864)
• June 21 - Ferdinand Christian Baur, German theologian (d. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Ferdinand Christian Baur ( June 21, 1792 - December 2, 1860) was a German theologian and leader of the Tübingen school 1860)
• August 4 - Percy Bysshe Shelley, British poet (d. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Percy Bysshe Shelley (August 4 1792 – July 8 1822 ˈpɝːsɪ ˈbɪʃ ˈʃɛlɪ was one of the major English Romantic poets and is widely considered to be among 1822)
• August 13 - Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen of William IV of the United Kingdom (d. Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (Adelaide Louise Theresa Caroline Amelia later Queen Adelaide 13 August 1792 – 2 December 1849 was the Queen consort of William William IV (William Henry 21 August 1765 &ndash 20 June 1837 was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until 1849)
• August 18 - John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. John Russell 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC (18 August 1792 &ndash 28 May 1878 known as Lord John Russell before 1861 was an English The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1878)
• September 19 - William Backhouse Astor, Sr., American business tycoon (d. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. William Backhouse Astor Sr ( September 19, 1792 &ndash November 24, 1875) was a businessman and member of the prominent Astor family 1875)
• September 26 - William Hobson, first Governor of New Zealand (d. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a Captain William Hobson RN ( 26 September 1792 – 10 September 1842) was the first Governor of New 1842)
• October 29 - Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, Explorer and Surveyor-General of New South Wales, Australia (d. Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Major Sir Thomas Livingstons Mitchell ( June 16, 1792 -1855 surveyor and explorer of south-eastern Australia, was born at Grangemouth 1855)
• November 11 - Mary Anne Evans, wife of Benjamin Disraeli (d. Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Mary Anne Disraeli 1st Viscountess Beaconsfield ( 11 November 1792 - 15 December 1872) born Mary Anne Evans, married Wyndham Benjamin Disraeli 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS (born Benjamin D'Israeli; 21 December 1804 &ndash 19 April 1881 was 1872)
• November 28 - Victor Cousin, French philosopher (d. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Victor Cousin ( 28 November 1792 - 13 January 1867) was a French Philosopher. 1867)
• December 1 - Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician (d. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (Никола́й Ива́нович Лобаче́вский ( December 1 1792 &ndash February 24 1856 ( N 1856)
• December 6 - William II of the Netherlands (d. Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev William II (Willem Frederik George Lodewijk van Oranje-Nassau ( December 6, 1792 &ndash March 17, 1849) was King of the Netherlands 1849)
• date unknown - Matteo Carcassi, Italian musician and composer (d. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Matteo Carcassi ( Florence, Italy, 1792 - Paris, France, January 16, 1853) was a famous Italian guitarist and 1853)

See also Category: 1792 births. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common

Deaths

• February 15- John Witherspoon
• February 23 - Sir Joshua Reynolds, British painter (b. Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor John Witherspoon ( February 15, 1723 &ndash November 15, 1794) was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Sir Joshua Reynolds RA FRS FRSA (16 July 1723 &ndash 23 February 1792 was the most important and influential of 18th century English painters 1723)
• March 1 - Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. Year 1723 ( MDCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Leopold II (May 5 1747 March 1 1792 born Peter Leopold Joseph Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard, was Holy Roman Emperor from 1790 to 1792 and Grand Duke 1747)
• March 3 - Robert Adam, British architect (b. Year 1747 ( MDCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Robert Adam ( 3 July 1728 &ndash 3 March 1792) was a Scottish neoclassical Architect, Interior designer 1728)
• March 10 - John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. Year 1728 ( MDCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing John Stuart 3rd Earl of Bute, KG, PC (25 May 1713 &ndash 10 March 1792 styled Lord Mount Stuart before 1723 was a Scottish nobleman The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1713)
• March 29 - King Gustav III of Sweden (assassinated) (b. Year 1713 ( MDCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Gustav III ( – 29 March 1792) was King of Sweden from 1771 until his death 1746)
• April 3
  • George Pocock, British admiral (b. Year 1746 ( MDCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Sir George Pocock, KB ( March 6 1706 - April 3 1792) was a British Admiral, son of Thomas Pocock chaplain in the 1706)
  • John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, English statesman (b. Year 1706 ( MDCCVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a John Montagu 4th Earl of Sandwich, PC, FRS ( 3 November 1718 &ndash 30 April 1792) succeeded his grandfather 1718)
• April 4 - James Sykes, American politician (b. Year 1718 ( MDCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. James Sykes (1725 &ndash April 4, 1792) was an American Lawyer and Politician from Dover, in Kent County 1725)
• April 14 - Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (b. Year 1725 ( MDCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Maximilian Hell (Hell Miksa Maximilián Hell May 15 1720 &ndash April 14 1792) was an astronomer and an ordained Jesuit 1720)
• April 23 - Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and adventurer (b. Year 1720 ( MDCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Karl Friedrich Bahrdt ( August 25, 1741 - April 23, 1792) German theologian and adventurer was born at Bischofswerda 1741)
• April 30 - John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, English statesman (b. Year 1741 ( MDCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule John Montagu 4th Earl of Sandwich, PC, FRS ( 3 November 1718 &ndash 30 April 1792) succeeded his grandfather 1718)
• May 10 - John Stevens, American delegate to the Continental Congress
• May 12 - Charles Simon Favart, French dramatist (b. Year 1718 ( MDCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. John Stevens (c1715 &ndash May 10, 1792) was a prominent politician from New Jersey who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress in Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Charles Simon Favart ( November 13, 1710 &ndash May 12, 1792) was a French Dramatist. 1710)
• May 24 - George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, British naval officer (b. Year 1710 ( MDCCX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Admiral George Brydges Rodney 1st Baron Rodney, KB ( 13 February, 1719 &ndash May 24 1792) was a British 1718)
• June 4 - John Burgoyne, British general (b. Year 1718 ( MDCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. General John Burgoyne ( February 24, 1722 &ndash August 4, 1792) was a British army officer Politician 1723)
• July 3 - Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick (b. Year 1723 ( MDCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Ferdinand ( 12 January 1721, Brunswick – 3 July 1792) Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was a Prussian 1721)
• July 18 - John Paul Jones, American naval captain (b. Year 1721 ( MDCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, John Paul Jones ( &ndash) was America's first well-known naval hero in the American Revolutionary War. 1747)
• July 29 - René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, Chancellor of France (b. Year 1747 ( MDCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou ( February 25, 1714 &ndash July 29, 1792) was a French politician Chancellor of France 1714)
• August 5 - Frederick North, Lord North, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. Year 1714 ( MDCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Frederick North 2nd Earl of Guilford, KG, PC (13 April 1732 &ndash 5 August 1792 more often known by his courtesy title Lord North, which he used from The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1732)
• August 25 - Jacques Cazotte, French writer (b. Year 1732 ( MDCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the Jacques Cazotte ( October 17, 1719 &ndash September 25, 1792) was a French Author. 1719)
• September 3 - Princesse de Lamballe, French friend of Marie Antoinette (murdered)
• September 8 - Charles d'Abancourt, French statesman (b. Year 1719 ( MDCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Princess Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy-Carignan princesse de Lamballe ( September 8, 1749 &ndash September 3, 1792) was an Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna von Habsburg-Lothringen (November 2 1755 &ndash October 16 1793 known to history as Marie Antoinette ( pronounced /maʀi ɑ̃ntwanɛt/ Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz Charles Xavier Joseph de Franque Ville d'Abancour (1758&ndash September 9, 1792) was a French statesman and a nephew of Charles Alexandre de Calonne 1758)
• September 18 - August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German religious leader (b. Year 1758 ( MDCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated August Gottlieb Spangenberg ( July 15, 1704 - September 18, 1792) Count Zinzendorf 's successor and bishop of the Moravian Brethren 1704)
• September 25 - Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish statesman (b. Year 1704 ( MDCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Count Adam Gottlob Moltke ( November 10, 1710 &ndash September 25, 1792) Danish Courtier, Statesman and 1710)
• October 7 - George Mason, American patriot (b. Year 1710 ( MDCCX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) George Mason IV ( December 11, 1725 &ndash October 7, 1792) was a United States patriot, statesman and delegate from 1725)
• October 22 - Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (b. Year 1725 ( MDCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Guillaume Joseph Hyacinthe Jean-Baptiste Le Gentil de la Galaisière ( September 12 1725 &ndash October 22 1792) was a French Astronomer 1725)
• October 28
  • Paul Möhring, German physician and scientist (b. Year 1725 ( MDCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine Paul Heinrich Gerhard Möhring AKA Paul Mohr ( July 21, 1710 - October 28, 1792) was a German Physician, 1710)
  • John Smeaton, English civil engineer (b. Year 1710 ( MDCCX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year This article is about the 18th century civil engineer For the baggage handler involved in the 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack, see John Smeaton (baggage 1724)
• December 15 - Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish composer (b. Year 1724 ( MDCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Joseph Martin Kraus was a composer in the classical era who is sometimes referred to as "the Swedish Mozart. 1756)
• date unknown - Muhammad ibn Abd-al-Wahhab, Arabic preacher (b. Year 1756 ( MDCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab at-Tamimi' (1703&ndash1792 ( Arabic: محمد بن عبد الوهاب التميمي)was an Islamic scholar born in 1703)

See also Category: 1792 deaths. Year 1703 ( MDCCIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year