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1793 Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

Years: 1790 1791 1792 - 1793 - 1794 1795 1796
Decades: 1760s 1770s 1780s - 1790s - 1800s 1810s 1820s
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1 Events
2 Ongoing events
3 Births
4 Deaths

Events

January 2 - Russia and Prussia partition Poland
January 9 - Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fly in a balloon in the United States.
January 21 - After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, "Citizen Capet" ie. Louis XVI of France is guillotined.
February 1 - France declares war on England, the Netherlands (see French Revolutionary Wars)
February 25 - George Washington holds the first Cabinet meeting as President of the United States.
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.
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 Liege is recaptured
March 7 - France declares war on Spain
April 6 - Committee of Public Safety established in France with Georges Danton as its head.
April 22 - George Washington signs the Proclamation of Neutrality.
June 10 - The Jardin des Plantes museum opened in Paris (a year later it would become the first public zoo).
July 9 - Act Against Slavery passed in Upper Canada
July 13 – Charlotte Corday kills Jean-Paul Marat in his bath
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
August 23 - Universal conscription in France
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.
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.
November 8 - In Paris, the French Revolutionary government opens the Louvre to the public as a museum
October 16 - Execution of Marie Antoinette
October 31 - Execution of arrested Girondist leaders in France
November 24 – French Revolutionary Calendar begins
December 6 - Execution of Madame du Barry
December 9- New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.
December 17 - French forces under Napoleon capture Toulon from royalists and British troops
British admiralty begins to supply citrus juice to Navy ships to prevent scurvy
Claude Chappe presents his Semaphore in France - 15 stations built within a year
In Philadephia more than 4000 die from yellow fever
Roman Catholicism banned in France.
First Coalition against France formed.
Holy Roman Empire declares war on France
First year of regular production for the United States Mint.
Construction begun on the United States Capitol building
Eli Whitney invents the "Cottin Gin"
Niccolò Paganini debuts as a violin virtuoso at age 11

Ongoing events

Births

January 3 - Lucretia Mott, women's rights activist and abolitionist
March 2 - Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1863)
March 4 - Karl Lachmann, philologist (d. 1851)
April 19 - Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria
November 3 - Stephen F. Austin, American pioneer (d. 1836)
Constantine Kanaris, Greek freedom fighter, Admiral and politician. (Other possible year of birth is 1795).

Deaths

January 21 - Louis XVI of France executed
February 1 - William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman
February 6 - Carlo Goldoni, playwright
May 20 - Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist
July 13 - Jean Paul Marat (assassinated by Charlotte Corday)
October 8 - John Hancock, revolutionary, businessman
October 16 - Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (executed)
November 3 - Olympe de Gouges, French woman playwright (executed)
November 8 - Madame Roland (Manon Jeanne Phlipon), guillotined

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