WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1792
Find out what all happened February to December 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. (2. September 1792)

Marc-David Lasource begins accusing Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a dictatorship for France. (26. September 1792)

King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf. (29. March 1792)

The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint. (2. April 1792)

Maximilien de Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal. (16. August 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. (10. August 1792)

The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington. (20. February 1792)

The Brunswick Manifesto is issued to the population of Paris promising vengeance if the French Royal Family is harmed. (25. July 1792)

French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention. (11. December 1792)

France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium), beginning the French Revolutionary War. (28. April 1792)

Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine. (25. April 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. (29. October 1792)

France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars. (20. April 1792)

The New York Stock Exchange is formed. (17. May 1792)

La Marseillaise (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle. (25. April 1792)

First celebration of Columbus Day in the USA held in New York City. (12. October 1792)

Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered. (21. April 1792)

Captain Robert Gray becomes the first documented white person to sail into the Columbia River. (11. May 1792)

U.S. President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States. (5. April 1792)

In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid. (13. October 1792)