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.
April 25 » "La Marseillaise" (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
April 25 » Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
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 11 » The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.
September 20 » French troops stop an allied invasion of France at the Battle of Valmy.
Christening day December 2, 1792
The temperature on December 2, 1792 was about 0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
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.
April 20 » France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
May 15 » War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia.
August 16 » Maximilien de Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.
September 22 » Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.
October 12 » The first celebration of Columbus Day is held in New York City.
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