January 11 » Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
June 24 » American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
July 16 » American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.
Day of death August 16, 1792
The temperature on August 16, 1792 was about 18.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 9 » Treaty of Jassy between Russian and Ottoman Empire is signed.
June 1 » Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
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 13 » In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.
December 11 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
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