What Happened in 1792

Major Events

  • Apr 21 Brazilian revolutionary Tiradentes, is hanged, drawn and quartered in Rio de Janeiro
  • Apr 25 Guillotine first used in France, executes highwayman Nicolas Pelletier
  • May 17 24 merchants form the New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street
  • May 21 Mount Unzen on Japan's Shimabara Peninsula, erupts creating a tsunami, killing about 15,000; Japan's deadliest volcanic eruption
  • Sep 2 September Massacres of the French Revolution: In Paris rampaging mobs slaughter 3 Roman Catholic bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
  • Sep 21 French Revolution: The National Convention passes a proclamation announcing the formal abolition of the French monarchy
  • Sep 22 French First Republic formed by the National Convention, stripping the French king of his powers
  • Dec 11 French King Louis XVI goes on trial, accused of high treason and crimes against the state
  • Dec 26 Trial of French King Louis XVI, court hears the kings defense brought by Raymond Desèze
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500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for 1st time

July 30, 1792


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