In history, year 1792 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1792.
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
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| 20 april | After Foreign Minister Charles François Dumouriez presented the French Legislative Assembly with a long list of grievances against Austria, France declared war to begin the French Revolutionary Wars. |
| 25 april | The guillotine was first used to carry out capital punishment in France, with crowds marvelling at the machine speed and precision. |
| 25 april | French composer Claude Joseph Rouget de L'isle wrote 'La Marseillaise', now the national anthem of France. |
| 11 may | Merchant sea captain Robert Gray became the first recordedEuropean to navigate the Columbia River in what is now the PacificNorthwest United States. |
| 17 may | Twenty-four stock brokers signed the Buttonwood Agreement toestablish the New York Stock Exchange. |
| 04 june | Royal Navy Captain George Vancouver claimed Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest for Great Britain. |
| 02 september | French Revolution-Due to an overwhelming fear that foreignarmies would attack Paris and prisoners would revolt, thousands ofpeople were summarily executed. |
| 22 september | French Revolution-One day after the National Convention votedto abolish the monarchy, the French First Republic came into being. |
| 22 September | The establishment of the Republic of France was announced. |
| 12 October | Christopher Columbus, who discovered America, was dedicated to the first memorial in Baltimore, Maryland. |
| 29 February | Embryologist Karl Ernst von Baer was born, who discovered the mammal's egg in 1827. He told about the development of the fetus from the layers of tissues. |
| 22 April | US President George Washington declared US neutrality in the War of Europe. |
| 09 January | Jesse's treaty ended the Russian Empire's war with the Ottoman Empire over Croatia. |
| 20 February | The Postal Services Act, the establishment of the United States Post Office Department, was signed by President George Washington. |
| 01 March | Francis II took over as the last emperor of the Holy Roman Emperor. |
| 02 April | Coinage law was passed, the United States Mint was established. |
| 17 May | From the beginning of the New York Stock Exchange, the Buttonwood Agreement was signed. |
| 01 June | Kentucky became the 15th state in the United States. |
| 08 July | France declared war on Prussia. |
| 13 August | French royals were imprisoned, including the revolutionary Marie Antoinette. |
| 22 September | The era of the historic French Republican calendar began. |
| 12 October | The first Columbus Day celebrations were held in the United States in New York City, 300 years after their arrival in the New World. |
| 06 November | Battle of the Gemapps: French army defeated the Holy Roman Empire. |
| 03 December | George Washington was elected President of the United States. |
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 04 April | Thaddeus Stevens / Politician / United States of America |
| 04 August | Percy Bysshe Shelley / Poet / United Kingdom |
| 05 September | Ours-Pierre-Armand Petit-Dufrénoy / Geologist / France |
| 05 October | Joseph Crosfield / Business Man / United Kingdom |
| 07 December | Abraham Jacob van der Aa / Author / Netherlands |
| 08 January | Lowell Mason / Educator / United States of America |
| 12 January | Johan August Arfwedson / Chemist / Sweden |
| 12 April | John Lambton / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 12 October | Christian Gmelin / Chemist / Germany |
| 14 January | Christian de Meza / General / Denmark |
| 16 June | John Linnell / Painter / United Kingdom |
| 20 February | Eliza Courtney / Princess / France |
| 21 May | Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis / Engineer / France |
| 22 June | James Beaumont Neilson / Engineer / Scotland |
| 23 April | Thomas Romney Robinson / Physicist / Ireland |
| 26 August | Manuel Oribe / Politician / Uruguay |
| 28 February | Karl Ernst von Baer / Biologist / Germany |
| 28 November | Victor Cousin / Philosopher / France |
| 29 February | Gioachino Rossini / Pianist / Italy |
| 30 December | Sylvester Jordan / Politician / Germany |