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=== July–September === * [[July 18]] – [[Polish–Russian War of 1792|Polish–Russian War]]: [[Battle of Dubienka]] – Soldiers of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]], led by [[Tadeusz Kościuszko]], resist an attack from [[Imperial Russian Army]] forces five times their size. * [[July 25]] – [[Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick|Charles William Ferdinand]], [[Duke of Brunswick]], commander of the Allied army issues the [[Brunswick Manifesto]] threatening the Parisians with military execution and complete destruction should the French royal family be harmed in any way. * [[August 10]] – [[French Revolution]]: [[Insurrection of 10 August 1792]] – The [[Tuileries Palace]] is stormed and [[Louis XVI of France]] is arrested and taken into custody. * [[August 29]]–[[September 2]] – [[War of the First Coalition]]: [[Battle of Verdun (1792)|Battle of Verdun]] – Prussian forces defeat French troops led by [[Nicolas-Joseph Beaurepaire]].<ref>{{Cite book|first1=Anne|last1=Blanchard|first2=Philippe|last2=Contamine|title=Histoire militaire de la France|volume=2 : de 1715 à 1871|publisher=PUF|year=1992|page=264|language=fr|isbn=978-2-13-044415-2}}.</ref> * [[August 21]] – Royalist Louis Collenot d'Angremont becomes the first person executed by [[guillotine]] for political reasons, in Paris. * [[September]] – [[Macartney Embassy]]: [[George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney]], sails from [[Portsmouth]] in [[HMS Lion (1777)|HMS ''Lion'']] as the first official envoy from Great Britain to China. * [[September 2]]–[[September 7|7]] – [[French Revolution]]: [[September Massacres]] – Rampaging mobs slaughter three [[Roman Catholic]] [[bishop]]s and more than 200 [[priest]]s, together with at least 1,000 other criminals. * [[September 11]] – Six men steal some of the former [[French Crown Jewels]] from a warehouse where the revolutionary government has stored them. * [[September 12]] – The town of [[Fort Borbon]] is founded by Governor Joaquín Alós y Bru. Nowadays it is called [[Fuerte Olimpo]]. * [[September 14]] – Radical antimonarchist [[Thomas Paine]] flees from England to France after being indicted for treason. He is [[Trial in absentia|tried ''in absentia'']] during December and [[outlaw]]ed.<ref name=CBH232233>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=232–233|isbn=978-0-7126-5616-0}}</ref> [[File:Valmy Battle painting.jpg|thumb|right| [[September 20]]: [[Battle of Valmy]].]] * [[September 20]] – [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: [[Battle of Valmy]] – The French revolutionary army defeats the Prussians under the [[Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel|Duke of Brunswick]] after a 7-hour artillery duel. * [[September 21]] – [[French Revolution]]: A [[Proclamation of the abolition of the monarchy]] by the French Convention goes into effect, and the [[French First Republic]] is established, effective the following day. * [[September 22]] – [[French Revolution]]: The [[Calendar era|Era]] of the historical [[French Republican Calendar]] begins. * [[September 30]] – [[Chickamauga Cherokee]] launch an attack on [[Middle Tennessee]] to exterminate the White settlers; they are stopped at the opening battle at [[Buchanan's Station]] outside [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashboro]].
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