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May 11 – Robert Gray's Columbia River expedition: Captain Robert Gray becomes the first explorer to enter the Columbia River. May 17 – The Buttonwood Agreement is signed, beginning the New York Stock Exchange. June 1 – Kentucky becomes the 15th state of The United States of America ( see History of … See more
• February 15 – Floride Calhoun, Second Lady of the U.S. as wife of John C. Calhoun (died 1866)
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• April 4 – Thaddeus Stevens, politician (died 1868)
• May 10 – Willie Person Mangum, politician (died 1861) See more• Media related to 1792 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons See more
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• February 20 – The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington. See more• February 15 – John Witherspoon, signatory of the Declaration of Independence (born 1723)
• April 4 – James Sykes, delegate to the Continental Congress (born See more• Edward Thornton. The United States through English Spectacles in 1792–1794. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 9, No. 2 (July, 1885), pp. 214–222.
• Narrative of John Heckewelder's Journey to the Wabash in 1792. The … See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license - www.eventshistory.com/date/1792
Historical Events for the Year 1792 25th January » The London Corresponding Society is founded. 20th February » The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Postal Service known …
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To get some idea of how much money that was in 1792, consider this. In 1828, thirty-six years later, a roster of New York’s richest citizens was drawn up, and although the city’s population …
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Feb 20 US postal service created, postage 6-12 cents depending on distance; Feb 21 US Congress passes Presidential Succession Act; Feb 23 Humane Society of Massachusetts …
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1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1792nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini …
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1792 – Kentucky becomes the 15th state (formerly Kentucky County, Virginia) 1792 – U.S. presidential election, 1792: George Washington reelected president, John Adams reelected …
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Events [ edit] October 14: Washington reviews the army assembled against the Whiskey Rebellion. January 13 – The U.S. Congress enacts a law providing for, effective May 1, 1795, a United …
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July–September [ edit] July 9 – The Constitution of Vermont is adopted. August 1 – The yellow fever epidemic of 1793 starts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 18 – United States …