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• Aagje Peters Dekker, Grafhorst, Ov. Nederland († 1873)
• Aaltje Hendriks Bruintjes, De Leeuwte,Vollenhove († 1873)
• Adriaan Brunke (Bronke), Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Nederland († 1864)
• Aaltje Koning, Ransdorp, prov. Noord Holland († 1863)
• Adriana Krijgsman, Kralingen
• Aaltjen Hendriksdochter BRUINTJES, Leeuwte, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Nederland († 1873)
• Adrianus Jacobsz van der Schuijt, Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje Pietersz van den Engel, Hoogvliet († 1864)
• Aaltje Oomkes Blaauw, Kiel († 1862)
• Adriaan Schrier, Oostkapelle, Zeeland, Nederland († 1858)

• Hermanus Hermanuszn van Beusekom (70), Nicolaaskerkhof Utrecht
• Hermanus van Beusekom (70), Utrecht
• Jean Nijs (79), Horpmaal, België
• Jacobus Waterschoot (72), Ressegem
• Harm Duken (81), Neuefehn
• Evert Dirksz van Achterberg (2), Veenendaal, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jannigje Klaasdr de Wit (0), Bleskensgraaf
• Christophora Antonii van der Meuren (41), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jean DECLERCQ (36), Sint-Denijs-Boekel,9630,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Hermanus van Beusecom (70), Utrecht, Netherlands

• 1763 » Edmond-Charles Genêt, French-American translator and diplomat († 1834)
• 1786 » Nicholas Biddle, American banker and financier († 1844)
• 1788 » Rudolf of Austria, Austrian archduke and archbishop († 1831)
• 1792 » Lowell Mason, American composer and educator († 1872)
• 1805 » John Bigler, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 3rd Governor of California († 1871)
• 1805 » Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles († 1878)
• 1812 » Sigismond Thalberg, Swiss pianist and composer († 1871)
• 1817 » Theophilus Shepstone, English-South African politician († 1893)
• 1821 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Turkey († 1904)
• 1823 » Alfred Russel Wallace, Welsh geographer, biologist, and explorer († 1913)

• 1713 » Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1653)
• 1775 » John Baskerville, English printer and type designer (b. 1706)
• 1789 » Jack Broughton, English boxer (b. 1703)
• 1794 » Justus Möser, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1720)
• 1815 » Edward Pakenham, Anglo-Irish general and politician (b. 1778)
• 1825 » Eli Whitney, American engineer and theorist, invented the cotton gin (b. 1765)
• 1853 » Mihály Bertalanits, Slovene-Hungarian poet and educator (b. 1788)
• 1854 » William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English field marshal and politician, Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance (b. 1768)
• 1865 » Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1779)
• 1874 » Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French historian and archaeologist (b. 1814)

• 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)
• 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 1 » Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
• 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 22 » Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.
• October 29 » Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who sighted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.

The temperature on January 8, 1792 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.