Editing 1792 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 9]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Jassy]] ends the [[Russian Empire]]'s war with the [[Ottoman Empire]] over [[Crimea]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1792 |title=Historical Events for Year 1792 &#124; OnThisDay.com |website=Historyorb.com |year=1792 |access-date=2016-07-14}}</ref>
* [[January 25]] &ndash; The [[London Corresponding Society]] is founded.
* [[February 18]] &ndash; [[Thomas Holcroft]] produces the comedy ''[[The Road to Ruin (play)|The Road to Ruin]]'' in London.
* [[February 20]]
** The [[Postal Service Act]], establishing the [[United States Postal Service|United States Post Office Department]], is signed by President [[George Washington]].<ref name="Harper1792">''Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909'', ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p169</ref>
** [[Parliament House, Dublin]] catches fire during a legislative session. "Although in imminent danger of the roof falling in," it is noted later, "the House did not adjourn until a proper motion had been put and carried in the affirmative."<ref name=Fires>"Fires, Great", in ''The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance'', Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) pp62.</ref>
* [[March 1]] &ndash; [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor]], the last emperor, takes office.
* [[March 7]] &ndash; A settlement is formed in [[Sierra Leone]] in West Africa as a home for freed slaves.<ref name="BBC History timeline">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_british.shtml|title=BBC History British History Timeline|access-date=2007-09-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070909012414/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_british.shtml|archive-date=2007-09-09}}</ref>
* [[March 16]] &ndash; [[Assassination of Gustav III]]: King [[Gustav III of Sweden]] is shot in the back by [[Jacob Johan Anckarström]], at a midnight [[Masquerade ball|masquerade]] at the Royal Opera in Stockholm; he lives until [[March 29]], and is then succeeded by his 14-year-old son, [[Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden|Gustav IV Adolf]].
* [[March 20]] &ndash; A new capital of [[North Carolina]], and seat of the newly formed [[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake County]], is established after North Carolina [[State senator]] and surveyor William Christmas submits his design for the city.  A few months later, the capital is officially named [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]], in honor of Sir [[Walter Raleigh]].
* [[March 22]] &ndash; [[Haitian Revolution]]: [[Battle of Croix-des-Bouquets]] – Black slave insurgents gain a victory in the first major battle of the revolution.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Madiou|first=Thomas|author-link=Thomas Madiou|title=Histoire d'Haïti, Tome I|year=1847|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vN4CAAAAYAAJ&q=Histoire+d'Haiti,+Volume+1+Par+Thomas+Madiou&pg=PA363|language=French|page=102}}</ref>
* [[March 25]] &ndash; The [[National Legislative Assembly (France)]] agrees that the [[guillotine]] should be used for judicial executions.