What Happened in August 1792

Historical Events

Aug 10 A large scale insurrection against the French monarchy occurs in Paris

Aug 10 Papers from the Tuileries Palace, proving the Comte de Mirabeau had secret dealings with the court are revealed

Aug 13 Revolutionaries imprison French royals, including Marie Antoinette

Aug 4 Percy Bysshe Shelley, English romantic poet (Adonais; Prometheus Unbound), born in Horsham, Sussex, England (d. 1822)
Aug 13 Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen consort of William IV of the United Kingdom, born in Meiningen, Germany (d. 1849)

Aug 18 1st Earl Russell, British Prime Minister (Whig: 1846-52 and 1865-66), born in Mayfair, Middlesex

Aug 26 Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan politician and nationalist, 2nd President of Uruguay (1835-38), born in Montevideo, Río de la Plata (d. 1857)

Aug 3 English industrialist and inventor (created the spinning frame, built Cromford Mill), dies at 59

Aug 5 Lord North, Prime Minister of Great Britain (Tory: 1770-82), "who lost America", dies at 60