March 5 » Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.
April 19 » Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
June 11 » British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
August 22 » James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.
Day of marriage September 9, 1792
The temperature on September 9, 1792 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
February 20 » The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
April 5 » United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
June 4 » Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
August 10 » French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.
September 2 » During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
December 11 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
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