1792

Rulers:

Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796)

• Charles IV, King of Spain (1788-1808)

• George Washington, 1st President of the United States (1789-1797)

Events:

Abbaye Notre-Dame de Fontevraud closed in Fontevraud-l’Abbaye, France.

• Nationalmuseum founded in Stockholm as “Kungliga Museet” (Royal Museum).

Births:

Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868)

Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822)

Deaths:

• Osorio Manrique de Zúñiga, Manuel (1784-1792)

Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792)

Literature:

• Blake, William (1757-1827): Songs of Innocence, and Songs of Experience (1789-94)

• Blake, William (1757-1827): The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-93)

• Robespierre, Maximilien de (1758-1794): Discours par Maximilien Robespierre, 5 Fevrier 1791-11 Janvier 1792 (French)

Art:

• Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Amore e Psiche (1787-93)

• Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Autoritratto (1792)

• Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Las gigantillas (1791-92)

Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Mujeres conversando (c.1792-96)

Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793): Regata sul Canal Grande (1780-93)

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