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Born on Wednesday February 8, 1792
- Adriana Lucretia Magdalena Kuipâ©ri, Brandwijk (GL) († 1857)
- Adelaide Marie Josephe van Havre († 1864)
- Adriaan Hoppenbrouwers, Groot-Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1862)
- Abraham van Leeuwen, Berghem († 1866)
- Aafke Kuijper, Terschelling († 1851)
- Aaltje Pouwels Bloemhof, Staphorst
- Amand Désiré Constant Joseph BREUVART, Frelinghien,59236,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
- Adrianus van der Aa, Nieuwkuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1819)
- Aaltje Harmens Bloemhof, Staphorst, Nederland († 1846)
- Adelheid Maria Josephine van Havré, Antwerpen († 1864)
Died on Wednesday February 8, 1792
- Isabella VERSCHELDEN (44), Hamme,9220,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
- Francisca van Vessem (5), Hoogeloon, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Hendrik Jan Poppink (86), Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
- Gerrit Jans Siks (14), Onstwedde (gem. Stadskanaal)
- Painter (0), Shenandoah, VA
- Abraham Harding (59), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Jan Michiel Van Camp (9), Hombeek, 2811, Mechelen, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Jan Fransen (66), Zeddam, Nederländerna
- Archibald Knox (62), Connecticut, United States
- Charles VAN HOUTTE, Westkapelle,West Vlaanderen,BELGIE
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 8, 1792 at Delpher
Born on February 8
- 1762 » Gia Long, Vietnamese emperor († 1820)
- 1764 » Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer and conductor († 1846)
- 1792 » Caroline Augusta of Bavaria († 1873)
- 1798 » Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia († 1849)
- 1807 » Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, English sculptor and zoologist († 1889)
- 1817 » Richard S. Ewell, American general († 1872)
- 1819 » John Ruskin, English author, critic, and academic († 1900)
- 1820 » William Tecumseh Sherman, American general († 1891)
- 1822 » Maxime Du Camp, French photographer and journalist († 1894)
- 1825 » Henry Walter Bates, English geographer, biologist, and explorer († 1892)
Died on February 8
- 1696 » Ivan V of Russia (b. 1666)
- 1709 » Giuseppe Torelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1658)
- 1725 » Peter the Great, Russian emperor (b. 1672)
- 1749 » Jan van Huysum, Dutch painter (b. 1682)
- 1750 » Aaron Hill, English playwright and poet (b. 1685)
- 1768 » George Dance the Elder, English architect, designed St Leonard's and St Botolph's Aldgate (b. 1695)
- 1772 » Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (b. 1719)
- 1849 » François Habeneck, French violinist and conductor (b. 1781)
- 1849 » France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer (b. 1800)
- 1856 » Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and academic (b. 1773)
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Names that were popular for girls in 1792
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1792
- 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)
- 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 25 » Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
- May 21 » A lava dome collapses on Mount Unzen, near the city of Shimbara on the Japanese island of Kyūshū, creating a deadly tsunami that kills nearly 15,000 people.
- June 1 » Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
- June 4 » Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
- October 12 » The first celebration of Columbus Day is held in New York City.
Weather February 8, 1792
The temperature on February 8, 1792 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.