wilderness wiki : 1792

The year 1792 was a leap year that commenced on a Sunday.
George Vancouver explores Puget Sound, becomes first European to see Mount Rainier.
Three Convict ships arrive in Port Jackson (New South Wales, Australia), "Pitt", "Royal Admiral" and "Kitty". They are the first since the Third Fleet. A retail shop opens in Sydney, selling items from the "Pitt".
The reigning King of England was King George III.
"A Vindication of The Rights of Woman" written by Mary Wollstonecraft is published.

20 February - The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington.

25 April - "La Marseillaise," the French national anthem, is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget.

17 May - Buttonwood Agreement is signed, beginnings of the New York Stock Exchange.

21 May - Old lava dome collapses in Kyushu, Japan when Mount Unzen volcano eruptes: resulting avalaanche and tsunami kills about 14300.

18 June - Mary Bryant, an escaped convict, along with other escapees arrives in Portsmouth, England aboard the HMS "Gorgon".

10 August - French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace - Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody.

2 September - During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughtered three Roman Catholic Church bishops and more than two hundred priests.

11 September - Six men steal some of the former French Crown jewels from a warehouse where the revolutionary government used to store them.

21 September - French convention abolishes the monarchy and establishes the First Republic.

13 October - Foundation of Washington, DC. The cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion, known as the White House since 1818, is laid.

1 November - An American trade ship the 'Philadelphia' arrives in Port Jackson (New South Wales, Australia) carrying American beef, wine, rum, gin and tobacco.