Births on January 12

Johan August Arfwedson

Born on January 12, 1792

Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic (d. 1841)

Johan August Arfwedson (12 January 1792 – 28 October 1841) was a Swedish chemist who discovered the chemical element lithium in 1817 by isolating it as a salt.

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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.

Births on January 12

Johan August Arfwedson

Born on January 12, 1792

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Events on 1792

United States Postal Service

Veto

French Revolutionary Wars

Hanged, drawn and quartered

French Revolutionary Wars