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Born on Wednesday February 8, 1792
- Aaltien Harmens Bijmholt, Makkinga († 1834)
- Albert REUGEBRINK, Hengelo Gld
- Amand Désiré Constant Joseph BREUVART, Frelinghien,59236,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
- Adrianus HOPPENBROUWERS, Zundert, 4443, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1862)
- Adriaan ( Adrianus) Hoppenbrouwers, Zundert (NL) († 1862)
- Aaltje Pouwels Bloemhof, Staphorst († 1846)
- Adélaïde van Havre († 1864)
- Adelheid Maria Josephine van Havré, Antwerpen († 1864)
- Adriaan Matthijsse van den Have, Noordgouwe
- Aaltje Pouwels Bloemhof, Staphorst
Died on Wednesday February 8, 1792
- Elizabeth Roberts (0), Wooldale, Yorkshire, Kingdom of England
- Gijsbertje Jans Schaap (1), Huizen
- Adriaan van Hoeve (38), Nieuwvliet
- Charles VAN HOUTTE, Westkapelle,West Vlaanderen,BELGIE
- Antje Gosses, Surhuisterveen
- Abraham Harding (59), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Painter (0), Shenandoah, VA
- Gerrit van Til (48), Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Giacomo Francesco Maria Ravelli (38), Albogno, gem. Druogno, Piemonte, Italië
- Christian Grafton (81), Harford, Maryland
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)
Names that were popular for boys in 1792
- Jan
- Johannes
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Pieter
- Willem
- Gerrit
- Joannes
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Dirk
- Klaas
- John
- Adrianus
- Arij
Names that were popular for girls in 1792
- Maria
- Anna
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Grietje
- Trijntje
- Joanna
- Aaltje
- Neeltje
- Antje
- Adriana
- Marie
- Elizabeth
- Jannetje
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)
- April 20 » France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
- April 25 » "La Marseillaise" (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
- May 15 » War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia.
- June 4 » Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
- 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.
- December 11 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
Weather February 8, 1792
The temperature on February 8, 1792 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.