HISTORICAL DATA-1792:









  •  JANUARY

  •  FEBRUARY:   On February 29 of this year (leap year day) Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, who will grow up to become a famous classical composer, is born in Pesaro, Italy.  (SOURCE:  ALMANAC feature, New York NEWSDAY, Tuesday, February 29, 2000, page A2).

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  •  JUNE:    On June 1 of this year Kentucky is admitted to the Union of the United States of America. It is formed from the western portion of the existing state of Virginia, which had formerly constituted the large County of Kentucky up to the Mississippi River.  (Source:  See Wikipedia entry for "List of States by date of Statehood" here:).

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  •  (NO SPECIFIC DATE):    At some time during this year, when war breaks out in Europe between Frace and England, the colonial trade of both sides falls largely into American hands because the danger of capture drives many belligerent merchant vessels from the seas.  (Source:  The American Nation...to 1877-Second Edition ((Paperback)), John A. Garraty, pg. 233). 

  • (NO SPECIFIC DATE):    During this year, and continuing from last year, the local Indian tribes in the Northwest (Ohio) Territory of the new United States of America are dominating that whole region, causing reduced control by white settlers. All that the Americans control at this time are two beachheads at Marietta and at Cincinnati on the Ohio River.  (Source:  The American Nation...to 1877-Second Edition ((Paperback)), John A. Garraty, pg. 204).    

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