About the day » Tuesday January 17, 1792Calender converter

• Andries Cremer, Enschede, Nederland
• Antje Mertens Keuning, Grijpskerk († 1792)
• Aaltje Maartense Klaver, Wogmeer
• Antonetta Condaar (Conde), berghem († 1866)
• Antonetta Condar, Berghem († 1866)
• Anthonij Beij, Leiden († 1889)
• Antonetta Condar, Berghem,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Wybes de Vries, Bergum, Friesland, The Netherlands († 1876)
• Adrianus van Grinsven, Den Dungen, Sint-Michielsgestel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1875)
• Anne Puffer, Sudbury, Middlesex, MA († 1882)

• Alida Aaltje Jacobusdtr Geldof (66), oost-en west souburg
• Carolus Amandus Lambertus Anné (80), Dendermonde
• Bastiaan Lans (1), Stormpolder, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Grietje Raaphorst (50), Noordwijkerhout
• Anton Moselage Lubbers Klebolte, Langeneicke, Lippstadt, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany
• Jannetje Cornelisz van Rijn (40), Willige Langerak, zh.nld
• ELIZABETH MAY OBERHOLTZER MARTIN (65), Washington County, MD
• Gertrudis OVERHOFF (1), Madfeld (D)
• Gerritje van BRAKEL (48), Brakel
• Georg Samuel von Werdt (81), Berne, Suisse

• 1734 » François-Joseph Gossec, French composer and conductor († 1829)
• 1761 » Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet, Scottish geologist and geophysicist († 1832)
• 1789 » August Neander, German historian and theologian († 1850)
• 1793 » Antonio José Martínez, Spanish-American priest, rancher and politician († 1867)
• 1814 » Ellen Wood, English author († 1887)
• 1820 » Anne Brontë, English author and poet († 1849)
• 1828 » Ede Reményi, Hungarian violinist and composer († 1898)
• 1828 » Lewis A. Grant, American lawyer and general, Medal of Honor recipient († 1918)
• 1832 » Henry Martyn Baird, American historian and academic († 1906)
• 1834 » August Weismann, German biologist, zoologist, and geneticist († 1914)

• 1718 » Benjamin Church, American colonel (b. 1639)
• 1737 » Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (b. 1662)
• 1738 » Jean-François Dandrieu, French organist and composer (b. 1682)
• 1751 » Tomaso Albinoni, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1671)
• 1826 » Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish-French composer (b. 1806)
• 1834 » Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1762)
• 1861 » Lola Montez, Irish actress and dancer (b. 1821)
• 1863 » Horace Vernet, French painter (b. 1789)
• 1869 » Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Russian composer (b. 1813)
• 1878 » Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist (b. 1812)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Joannes
9. Jacob
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Klaas
14. John
15. Adrianus
16. Arij

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Grietje
8. Trijntje
9. Joanna
10. Aaltje
11. Neeltje
12. Antje
13. Adriana
14. Marie
15. Elizabeth
16. Jannetje

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• January 25 » The London Corresponding Society is founded.
• February 20 » The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
• May 21 » A lava dome collapses on Mount Unzen, near the city of Shimbara on the Japanese island of Kyūshū, creating a deadly tsunami that kills nearly 15,000 people.
• June 1 » Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
• July 25 » The Brunswick Manifesto is issued to the population of Paris promising vengeance if the French royal family is harmed.
• September 20 » French troops stop an allied invasion of France at the Battle of Valmy.

The temperature on January 17, 1792 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken mist.