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Birthday October 10, 1792

• The temperature on October 10, 1792 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
• 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)
• In the year 1792: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 20 » The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
  • March 29 » King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
  • May 11 » Robert Gray commands the first expedition to sail into the Columbia River.
  • 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.
  • September 20 » French troops stop an allied invasion of France at the Battle of Valmy.
  • September 22 » Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1780 » John Abercrombie, Scottish physician and philosopher († 1844)
• 1794 » William Whiting Boardman, American judge and politician († 1871)
• 1810 » Alfred Kennerley, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Tasmania († 1897)
• 1813 » Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer and philanthropist († 1901)
• 1819 » Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger, German theologian and author († 1883)
• 1825 » Paul Kruger, South African soldier and politician, 5th President of the South African Republic († 1904)