RanHam Tree » William Maxwell (1792-1854)

Birthday July 26, 1792

• The temperature on July 26, 1792 was about 16.0 °C. There was 88 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
• 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)
• In the year 1792: Source: Wikipedia
  • March 16 » King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29.
  • 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.
  • June 4 » Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
  • 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.
  • September 11 » The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1782 » John Field, Irish pianist and composer († 1837)
• 1791 » Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1844)
• 1796 » George Catlin, American painter, author, and traveler († 1872)
• 1802 » Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 42nd President of Mexico († 1855)
• 1819 » Justin Holland, American guitarist and educator († 1887)
• 1829 » Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate († 1912)