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What Happened in July 1792

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Historical Events

  • Jul 8 France declares war on Prussia
  • Jul 11 Prussia army moves into French territory
  • Jul 25 Dutch patriots exiles found "Bataafs Legion"
  • Jul 25 The Brunswick Manifesto issued to population of Paris promising vengeance if French Royal Family harmed
  • Jul 30 500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for 1st time
  • Jul 31 Cornerstone laid for 1st US government building: US Mint in Philadelphia
Events in 1792

Famous Birthdays

  • Jul 8 Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, queen of Bavaria (d. 1854)
  • Jul 10 George Mifflin Dallas, American politician (11th Vice President of the United States) and United States Minister to Russia, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1864)
Born in 1792

Famous Deaths

  • Jul 6 Maria Louisa of Spain, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire, dies at 46
  • Jul 18 John Paul Jones, Scottish-American naval captain and the United States first well-known naval hero ("I have not yet begun to fight"), dies of kidney failure and pneumonia at 45
  • Jul 29 RenĂ© Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, Chancellor of France (b. 1714)


What Happened in 1792

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