What is 1792?
{{Year nav|1792}} {{Year in various calendars|1792}} {{Year article header|1792}} == Events == * [[March 11]] - The [[city]] of [[Freetown]] is founded in [[Sierra Leone]]. * [[April 2]] - The [[Coinage Act of 1792]] [[wikt:standardizes|standardizes]] the [[United States dollar|U.S. currency]]. * [[June 1]] - [[Kentucky]] becomes a [[U.S. state]]. * [[September 22]] - The [[Kingdom of France]] is replaced by the [[French First Republic]]. * Unknown - [[James Johnstone (explorer)|James Johnstone]] proves that [[Vancouver Island]] is an [[island]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Robson |first=John |title=Hakluyt edition of Vancouver's journals |publisher=W. Kaye Lamb, editor, Vol. 2, p 616 |year=2007 |url=http://pages.quicksilver.net.nz/jcr/~vancouver5.html |access-date=2007-07-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070622055654/http://pages.quicksilver.net.nz/jcr/~vancouver5.html |archive-date=2007-06-22 }}</ref> == Births == * [[April 4]] - [[Thaddeus Stevens]], American [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politician * [[May 13]] - [[Pope Pius IX]], 256th [[Pope]] * [[June 15]] – [[Thomas Mitchell|Thomas Livingstone Mitchell]], Australian [[explorer]] * [[July 10]] - [[George M. Dallas]], 11th [[Vice President of the United States]] * [[August 18]] - [[John Russell, 1st Earl Russell]], English politician * [[October 20]] - [[John Pascoe Fawkner]], [[pioneer]] and politician who started the city of [[Melbourne]] * [[December 6]] - [[William II of the Netherlands]], King of [[the Netherlands]] and Grand Duke of [[Luxembourg]] ==Deaths== * [[March 29]] - [[Gustav III of Sweden]], King of Sweden * [[May 15]] - [[Maria Luisa of Spain]], Holy Roman Empress * [[August 4]] - [[John Burgoyne]], British [[general]] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:1792| ]]