Editing 1792 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 2]] &ndash; The [[Coinage Act of 1792|Coinage Act]] is passed, establishing the [[United States Mint]].<ref name="Harper1792"/>
* [[April 5]] &ndash; United States President [[George Washington]] [[veto]]es a bill designed to apportion representatives among [[U.S. state]]s. This is the first time the presidential veto is used in the United States.
* [[April 20]] &ndash; France declares war against Austria, beginning the [[French Revolutionary Wars]] and the [[War of the First Coalition]].
* [[April 21]] &ndash; [[Tiradentes]], a leading figure in the [[Inconfidência Mineira]] conspiracy, is executed in [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Viceroyalty of Brazil|Brazil]].
* [[April 25]]
** [[Highwayman]] [[Nicolas Jacques Pelletier|Nicolas Pelletier]] becomes the first person executed by [[guillotine]] in France.
** ''[[La Marseillaise]]'', the French [[national anthem]], is composed by [[Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle]].
* [[May 11]] &ndash; [[Robert Gray's Columbia River expedition]]: Captain [[Robert Gray (sea captain)|Robert Gray]], on the ''[[Columbia Rediviva]]'', becomes the first white man to discover the mouth of the [[Columbia River]].<ref name="Harper1792"/>
* [[May 17]] &ndash; The [[Buttonwood Agreement]] is signed, beginning the [[New York Stock Exchange]].
* [[May 18]] &ndash; [[War in Defence of the Constitution]]: Russia invades Poland.
* [[May 21]] &ndash; [[1792 Unzen earthquake and tsunami]]: An old lava dome collapses in [[Kyūshū]], Japan, due to activity of [[Mount Unzen]] volcano; the resulting [[avalanche]] and [[tsunami]] kill about 14,300 people.
* [[May 29]] &ndash; The [[Great Sejm]] of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] is disbanded following the [[Polish–Russian War of 1792|Russian invasion of Poland]].
* [[June 1]] &ndash; [[Kentucky]] becomes the 15th state of the United States of America.<ref name="Harper1792"/>
* [[June 4]] &ndash; Captain [[George Vancouver]] claims [[Puget Sound]] for Great Britain.
* [[June 13]]
** Vancouver becomes the first European to enter [[Burrard Inlet]].
** [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] declares war against France.