What Happened In August 1792 - Historical Events 1792 August

Historical Events for August, 1792

10th » French Revolution: 10 August (French Revolution) known as Storming of the Tuileries Palace – Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.
13th » King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
16th » Maximilien de Robespierre presents the petition of the Paris Commune (French Revolution) Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly (France) Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a Revolutionary Tribunal revolutionary tribunal.

4th » Percy Bysshe Shelley, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1822)
13th » Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (d. 1849)
18th » John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1878)
26th » Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan politician, 4th President of Uruguay (d. 1857)
29th » Charles Grandison Finney, American minister and author (d. 1875)

3rd » Richard Arkwright, English engineer and businessman (b. 1732)
4th » John Burgoyne, English general and politician (b. 1723)
5th » Frederick North, Lord North, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1732)