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.
March 2 » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
March 4 » Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth state.
August 7 » American troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.
December 4 » The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.
Day of death August 4, 1792
The temperature on August 4, 1792 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
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.
May 11 » Robert Gray commands the first expedition to sail into the Columbia River.
September 11 » The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.
September 22 » Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.
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.
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