Deaths on April 4

James Sykes (Continental Congress)

Died on April 4, 1792

James Sykes, American lawyer and politician (b. 1725)

James Sykes (1725 – April 4, 1792) was an American lawyer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He served in the Delaware General Assembly and was a Continental Congressman from Delaware.

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Events on 1792

20 Feb

United States Postal Service
The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
5 Apr

Veto
United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
20 Apr

French Revolutionary Wars
France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
21 Apr

Hanged, drawn and quartered
Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
28 Apr

French Revolutionary Wars
France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium and Luxembourg), beginning the French Revolutionary Wars.

Deaths on April 4

James Sykes (Continental Congress)

Died on April 4, 1792

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Events on 1792

United States Postal Service

Veto

French Revolutionary Wars

Hanged, drawn and quartered

French Revolutionary Wars