WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JUNE 1792
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Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States. (1. June 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 New York Stock Exchange is formed. (17. 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)
King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29. (16. March 1792)
Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered. (21. April 1792)
Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine. (25. April 1792)
France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium), beginning the French Revolutionary War. (28. April 1792)
The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint. (2. April 1792)
Captain Robert Gray becomes the first documented white person to sail into the Columbia River. (11. May 1792)
La Marseillaise (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle. (25. April 1792)
The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington. (20. February 1792)
France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars. (20. April 1792)
War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia. (15. May 1792)
Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain. (4. June 1792)
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