1793
1793 was a
common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar).
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January 2 -
Russia and
Prussia partition
Poland*
January 9 -
Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fly in a with blairy
balloon in the
United States.
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January 21 - After being found guilty of treason by the
French Convention, "Citizen Capet" ie.
Louis XVI of France is
guillotined.
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February 1 -
France declares war on
Great Britain, the
Netherlands (see
French Revolutionary Wars)
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February 25 -
George Washington holds the first
Cabinet meeting as
President of the United States.
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February 27 - The
Giles resolutions are introduced to the
United States House of Representatives asking the House to condemn
Alexander Hamilton's handling of loans.
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March 1 -
John Langdon becomes
President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate until
March 3*
March 5 -
French troops are defeated by
Austrian forces and
Liège is recaptured
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March 7 - France declares war on
Spain*
April 1 -
Unsen volcano erupts in
Japan and causes an
earthquake. About 53.000 dead
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April 6 -
Committee of Public Safety established in
France with
Georges Danton as its head.
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April 22 -
George Washington signs the
Neutrality Proclamation.
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May 31 - Regular troops under
François Hanriot demand that the
Girondins must be expelled from the national convention
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June 2 -
Girondins overthrown
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June 10 - The
Jardin des Plantes museum opened in
Paris (a year later it would become the first public
zoo).
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July 9 -
Act Against Slavery passed in
Upper Canada*
July 13 –
Charlotte Corday kills
Jean-Paul Marat in his bath
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July 22 -
Alexander Mackenzie reaches the
Pacific Ocean becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing north of
Mexico*
July 29 -
John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at
Toronto, having sailed into the bay there
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August 10 - Feast of Unity - Crowds in
Paris burn
monarchist emblems
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August 23 - Universal
conscription in France
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September 5 - In
France, the
French National Convention votes to implement terror measures to repress
French Revolutionary activities. The ensuing "
Reign of Terror" will last until the spring of 1794 and causes death of 35,000-40,000 people.
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October 12 - The cornerstone of
Old East, the oldest state university building in the
United States, is laid in
Chapel Hill,
North Carolina, on the campus of the
University of North Carolina. The 12th of October is now celebrated at the University as University Day.
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November 8 - In
Paris, the
French Revolutionary government opens the
Louvre to the public as a
museum*
October 16 - Execution of
Marie Antoinette*
October 28 -
Eli Whitney applied for a patent for his
cotton gin, (the patent was granted the following March).
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October 31 - Execution of arrested
Girondist leaders in France in a
guillotine*
November 24 –
French Revolutionary Calendar begins
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December 8 - Execution of
Madame du Barry*
December 9-
New York City's first daily newspaper, the
American Minerva, is established by
Noah Webster.
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December 18 - French forces under
Napoleon capture
Toulon from royalists and British forces under
Vice Admiral Lord Hood. The British fire the dockyards and take sixteen ships, one of which is
HMS Lutine, a famous treasure ship.
Unknown dates
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British admiralty begins to supply citrus juice to Navy ships to prevent
scurvy.
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Claude Chappe presents his
semaphore in France - 15 stations built within a year.
* In
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania more than 4000 die from
yellow fever*
Roman Catholicism banned in
France.
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First Coalition against France formed.
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Holy Roman Empire declares war on
France.
* First year of regular production for the
United States Mint.
* Construction begins on the United States Capitol building.
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Niccolò Paganini debuts as a violin virtuoso at age 11.
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French Republican Calendar is first used.
Ongoing events
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French Revolution (
1789-
1799)
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French Revolutionary Wars (
1792-
1802)-
First Coalition*
January 3 -
Lucretia Mott, American women's rights activist and abolitionist (d.
1880)
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March 2 -
Sam Houston,
President of the Republic of Texas (d.
1863)
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March 4 -
Karl Lachmann, German philologist (d.
1851)
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April 19 - Emperor
Ferdinand I of Austria (d.
1875)
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June 1 -
Augustus Earle, Artist (d.
1838)
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June 6 -
Edward C. Delevan, American
temperance movement leader (d.
1871)
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November 3 -
Stephen F. Austin, American pioneer (d.
1836)
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January 1 -
Francesco Guardi, Italian painter (b.
1712)
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January 21 - King
Louis XVI of France (executed) (b.
1754)
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February 1 -
William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (b.
1717)
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February 6 -
Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright (b.
1707)
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March 2 -
Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-born artist
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March 4 -
Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre, French admiral (b.
1725)
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March 20 -
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (b.
1705)
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March 26 -
John Mudge, English physician and inventor (b.
1721)
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April 15 -
Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer (b.
1718)
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April 29 -
Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi and Talmudist (b.
1713)
*April 29 -
John Michell, English scientist (b.
1724)
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May 3 -
Martin Gerbert, German theologian and historian (b.
1720)
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May 7 -
Pietro Nardini, Italian composer (b.
1722)
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May 20 -
Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist (b.
1720)
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June 26 -
Gilbert White, English ornithologist (b.
1720)
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July 13 -
Jean Paul Marat, Swiss-born French Revolutionary leader (assassinated) (b.
1743)
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July 17 -
Charlotte Corday, French assassin of
Jean Paul Marat (executed) (b.
1768)
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July 23 -
Roger Sherman, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b.
1721)
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August 22 -
Louis, 4th duc de Noailles, Marshal of France (b.
1713)
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August 28 -
Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, French general (executed) (b.
1740)
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October 7 -
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician (b.
1718)
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October 8 -
John Hancock, American patriot and businessman (b.
1737)
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October 9 -
Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French Jesuit missionary (b.
1718)
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October 16 -
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (executed) (b.
1755)
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October 31 -
Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, French revolutionary leader (executed) (b.
1744)
*October 31 -
Claude Fauchet, French revolutionary leader (executed) (b.
1754)
*October 31 -
Armand Gensonné, French revolutionary leader (executed) (b.
1758)
*October 31 -
Jacques Pierre Brissot, French revolutionary leader (executed) (b.
1754)
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November 3 -
Olympe de Gouges, French playwright (executed) (b.
1748)
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November 6 -
Louis Philip II, Duke of Orléans, French noble and revolutionary leader (executed) (b.
1747)
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November 8 -
Madame Roland, French Revolutionary hostess (executed) (b.
1754)
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November 10 -
Jean Marie Roland, French revolutionary leader (suicide) (b.
1734*
November 24 -
Clément Charles François de Laverdy, French statesman (b.
1723)
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November 29 -
Antoine Barnave, French revolutionary leader (executed) (b.
1761)
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December 4 -
Armand-Guy-Simon de Coetnempren, comte de Kersaint, French revolutionary leader (executed) (b.
1742)
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December 5 -
Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Etienne French revolutionary leader (executed) (b.
1743)
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December 7 -
Joseph Bara, French Revolution child-hero (b.
1780)
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December 8 -
Étienne Clavière, French financier and politician (suicide) (b.
1735)
*December 8 -
Madame du Barry, French courtesan (executed) (b.
1743)
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December 23 -
Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer (b.
1699)
