What Happened In May 1792 In History

Historical Events for May, 1792

• 11th » Captain (nautical) Captain Robert Gray (sea-captain) Robert Gray becomes the first documented white people white person to sail into the Columbia River.
• 15th » War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia.
• 17th » The New York Stock Exchange is formed under the Buttonwood Agreement.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1792

• 13th » Pope Pius IX (d. 1878)
• 21st » Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1843)

Famous Deaths for May 1792

• 12th » Charles Simon Favart, French playwright (b. 1710)
• 18th » Levy Solomons, Canadian merchant and fur trader (b. 1730)
• 24th » George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, English admiral and politician, 16th Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1718)

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