WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO OCTOBER 1792
Find out what all happened August to October 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)

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

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

King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people. (13. August 1792)

The National Convention declares France a republic and abolishes the monarchy. (21. September 1792)

Primidi Vendémiaire of year 1 of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being. (22. September 1792)

French troops stop allied invasion of France, during the War of the First Coalition at Valmy. (20. September 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)

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)

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)

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)

The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored. (11. September 1792)