About the day » Sunday May 20, 1792Calender converter

• Aalbertje van Wijk, Abcoude,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus LEFEBVRE, Zarlardinge, 41079, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1842)
• Arij Zijderveld, Hardingsveld, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Kikkert van Fokkenberg, de Grote Kerk te Alkmaar
• Abram Frankvoort, Amsterdam
• Aalwijn Ott, Wognum († 1875)
• Anna Maria Boers, Haren en Macharen († 1849)
• Aaltje Oosting, Beilen († 1869)
• Anna Willemsdr. Lagerberg, Alkemade († 1858)
• Cornelis Schouten, Zijpe († 1841)

• Albert van Wijk (32)
• Berent Jans Rinkelaar, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Hendrik Van den Berg (76), Soest, Utrecht, Neth
• Hannah Cooper (72), Solesbury Bucks Co.Pennsylvania
• Cornelis van Leuverden (40), Amersfoort
• Corneliske Johannes (44), Dronrijp, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Carolus Ivo Joannes Samyn (52), Langemark,West-Vlaanderen,België Samijn
• Grietje Geerts (62)
• Arnoldus Bloem (5), Gulpen (Gulpen-Wittem), Limburg, Nederland
• Dirk van Dusschoten (62), Nijkerk

• 1769 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician († 1835)
• 1772 » Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets († 1828)
• 1776 » Simon Fraser, American-Canadian fur trader and explorer († 1862)
• 1795 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) († 1854)
• 1799 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright († 1850)
• 1806 » John Stuart Mill, English economist, civil servant, and philosopher († 1873)
• 1811 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1887)
• 1818 » William Fargo, American businessman and politician, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express († 1881)
• 1822 » Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1912)
• 1824 » Cadmus M. Wilcox, Confederate States Army general († 1890)

• 1713 » Thomas Sprat, English bishop (b. 1635)
• 1717 » John Trevor, Welsh lawyer and politician, 102nd Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1637)
• 1722 » Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1669)
• 1732 » Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)
• 1782 » William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1701)
• 1793 » Charles Bonnet, Swiss botanist and biologist (b. 1720)
• 1812 » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (b. 1732)
• 1834 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (b. 1757)
• 1841 » Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)
• 1864 » John Clare, English poet (b. 1793)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Joannes
9. Jacob
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Klaas
14. John
15. Adrianus
16. Arij

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Grietje
8. Trijntje
9. Joanna
10. Aaltje
11. Neeltje
12. Antje
13. Adriana
14. Marie
15. Elizabeth
16. Jannetje

• 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 21 » Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
• June 1 » Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
• October 12 » The first celebration of Columbus Day is held in New York City.
• 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 May 20, 1792 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.