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Birthday February 13, 1792

• The temperature on February 13, 1792 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. 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
  • 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.
  • April 28 » France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium and Luxembourg), beginning the French Revolutionary Wars.
  • July 25 » The Brunswick Manifesto is issued to the population of Paris promising vengeance if the French royal family is harmed.
  • September 21 » French Revolution: The National Convention abolishes the monarchy.
  • October 13 » In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1766 » Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist and scholar († 1834)
• 1768 » Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, French general and politician, 15th Prime Minister of France († 1835)
• 1769 » Ivan Krylov, Russian author, poet, and playwright († 1844)
• 1805 » Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic († 1859)
• 1811 » François Achille Bazaine, French general († 1888)
• 1815 » Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American anthologist, editor, poet and critic († 1857)