What Happened In April 1792 - Historical Events 1792 April

Historical Events for April, 1792

2nd » The Coinage Act of 1792 known as Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
5th » President of the United States named U.S. President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
20th » France declares war against the "Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor called King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
25th » Highwayman Nicolas Jacques Pelletier e.g Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
25th » 'La Marseillaise' (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
28th » France invades the Austrian Netherlands Austrian Netherlands e.g Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium), beginning the French Revolutionary War.

2nd » Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (d. 1840)
4th » Thaddeus Stevens, American lawyer and politician (d. 1868)
12th » John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, English politician, Lord Privy Seal (d. 1840)
23rd » John Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882)

3rd » George Pocock, English admiral (b. 1706)
4th » James Sykes (Continental Congress) or James Sykes, American lawyer and politician (b. 1725)
14th » Maximilian Hell, Slovak-Hungarian astronomer and priest (b. 1720)
21st » Tiradentes, Brazilian activist (b. 1746)
23rd » Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and author (b. 1741)
30th » John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1718)