WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO MAY 1792
Find out what all happened April to May 1792

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

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

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

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

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

War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia. (15. May 1792)