Timeline January 1792

Events in January 1792 2

• 1792 Wollstonecraft Publishes A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Foundational work of feminist philosophy In January 1792 Mary Wollstonecraft published A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, arguing that women are not naturally inferior to men but appear so only for lack of education. The book responded to debates over the French Revolution and the rights of citizens. It became one of the earliest and most influential works of feminist thought.
• 1792 Treaty of Jassy Ends Russo-Turkish War Russia and the Ottoman Empire make peace Signed on 9 January 1792 at Jassy, the treaty ended the 1787-1792 war between the Russian and Ottoman Empires. Russia secured control of the Black Sea coast between the Dniester and Southern Bug rivers, confirming its annexation of Crimea. The settlement strengthened Russian influence along the northern Black Sea littoral.