In the year 1792, the last Holy Roman Emperor, Francis II, takes office (Mar 1), the United States Mint is established (Apr 2), guillotine becomes the official method of execution in France (Apr 25), Denmark-Norway becomes the first country to outlaw slavery, The Tables of the Sun - an essential early work for navigation - is published, the French Revolution goes on - and all these fine people were born:
1792-0101 Henrik Anker Bjerregaard* Norwegian poet/ dramatist/judge - Ringsaker, Denmark-Norway (1842/50)
1792-0101 Samuel Roos* physician/author/expander of the Finnish language - Eurajoki, Sweden-Finland (1878/86)
1792-0108 Lowell Mason* musical composer/banker - Medfield, MA USA (1872/80)
1792-0112 Johan August Arfwedson* chemist/discoverer of lithium - Finnerödja, Sweden (1841/49)
1792-0229 Gioachino Rossini* composer - Pesaro, Papal States of Italy (1868/76)
1792-0307 John Herschel* polymath/astronomer/inventor of blueprint - Slough, Buckinghamshire, England (1871/79)
1792-0402 Gustaf Magnus Armfelt* military leader/governor/senator - Stockholm, Kingdom of Sweden (1856/64)
1792-0412 John Lambton* colonist - St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England (1840/48)
1792-0423 Antoine Passy* politician/ geologist/botanist - Garches, France (1873/81)
1792-0505 Carl Daniel von Haartman* physician/gynaecologist/father of 24 - Turku, Sweden-Finland (1877/85)
1792-0515 James Mayer de Rothschild* German-French banker/founder of the French branch of the Rothschild family - Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire (1868/76)
1792-0613 William Austin Burt* surveyor/judge/inventor - Petersham, MA USA (1858/66)
1792-0615 Thomas Mitchell* surveyor and explorer of south-eastern Australia - Grangemouth, Scotland (1855/63)
1792-0710 George M. Dallas* politician/mayor/VP - Philadelphia, PA USA (1864/72)
1792-0804 Percy Bysshe Shelley* poet - Horsham, Sussex, England (1822/29)
1792-0926 William Hobson* British Royal Navy Officer/Governor of New Zealand - Waterford, Ireland (1842/49)
1792-1104 Carlos Antonio López* first president of Paraguay - Asunción, Paraguay, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (1862/69)
1792-1126 Sarah Moore Grimké* abolitionist/political activist/women’s rights advocate - Charleston, SC USA (1873/81)
1792-1213 Amable-Paul Coutan* historical painter - Paris, Kingdom of France (1837/44)
Updated 2.10.2022-2
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