January 10 » The Siege of Dunlap's Station begins near Cincinnati during the Northwest Indian War.
January 25 » The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
February 18 » Congress passes a law admitting the state of Vermont to the Union, effective 4 March, after that state had existed for 14 years as a de facto independent largely unrecognized state.
June 21 » King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
August 22 » Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
December 4 » The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.
Day of death February 21, 1792
The temperature on February 21, 1792 was about -6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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 28 » France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium and Luxembourg), beginning the French Revolutionary Wars.
June 4 » Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
July 25 » The Brunswick Manifesto is issued to the population of Paris promising vengeance if the French royal family is harmed.
September 20 » French troops stop an allied invasion of France at the Battle of Valmy.
October 12 » The first celebration of Columbus Day is held in New York City.
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