About the day » Saturday March 17, 1792Calender converter

• Angela Cecilia Francisca Deroyer, Zarren († 1848)
• Anna Maria Corswarem, Corswarem-Berloz prov. Luik († 1868)
• Adriaan Ovaa (Ova)
• Anna Catharina Klarenbeek, Utrecht († 1846)
• Anna Maria Goossens, Lichtaart, België († 1829)
• Ariaantje van Klaveren, Aarlanderveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1867)
• Berendina Matser, Rheden († 1878)
• Bartholomea De Bruijn, Kekerdom, Gelderland, Nederland († 1797)
• Bernard Henrich Effing, Wessum, Dorf († 1868)

• Elisabeth BRABANDS, Leut, Graafschap Loon, Prinsbisdom Luik,1000-1794
• Isabella Catharina Van Theunissen (80), Duffel
• Jan Kees Post (63), Vollenhove, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Hermannus Leibeek (0), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dirkie Lans (24), Hillegersberg, Nederland
• Elizbeth Voorhees (66)
• Clara Emons (10), Amsterdam
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• doodgeboren kind van der Meer, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anschie Hommes de Jong, Workum

• 1777 » Patrick Brontë, Irish-English priest and author († 1861)
• 1777 » Roger B. Taney, American politician and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the United States († 1864)
• 1780 » Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister, economist, and educator († 1847)
• 1781 » Ebenezer Elliott, English poet and educator († 1849)
• 1804 » Jim Bridger, American fur trader and explorer († 1881)
• 1806 » Norbert Rillieux, African American inventor and chemical engineer († 1894)
• 1820 » Jean Ingelow, English poet and author († 1897)
• 1834 » Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft († 1900)
• 1839 » Josef Rheinberger, Liechtensteiner-German organist and composer († 1901)
• 1846 » Kate Greenaway, English author and illustrator († 1901)

• 1715 » Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop and historian (b. 1643)
• 1741 » Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet and playwright (b. 1671)
• 1764 » George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, English astronomer and politician (b. 1695)
• 1782 » Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1700)
• 1828 » James Edward Smith, English botanist and entomologist (b. 1759)
• 1829 » Sophia Albertina, princess-abbess of Quedlinburg (b. 1753)
• 1830 » Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician (b. 1764)
• 1846 » Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1784)
• 1849 » William II, Dutch sovereign prince and king (b. 1792)
• 1853 » Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803)

• 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 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 » Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
• September 2 » During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
• October 3 » A militia departs from the Spanish stronghold of Valdivia to quell a Huilliche uprising in southern Chile.
• 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 March 17, 1792 was about 7.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.