| |
17th century
|
| |
18th century
|
| |
19th century
|
| |
1790
|
| |
1791
|
| |
1792
|
| |
1793
|
| |
1794
|
| |
1795
|
| |
1796
|
| |
1760s
|
| |
1770s
|
| |
1780s
|
| |
1790s
|
| |
1800s
|
| |
1810s
|
| |
1820s
|
|
1793 was a Common Year Starting On Tuesday (see link for calendar).
- 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 Guillotine d.
- February 1 - France declares war on Great Britain , the Netherlands (see French Revolutionary Wars )
- February 12 - The Congress Of The United States passes a law legally requiring the return of slaves escaping from slave states into free territory or states, the Fugitive Slave Act
- 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 Austria n forces and Liège is recaptured
- March 7 - France declares war on Spain
- April 1 - Unsen Volcano erupts in Japan and causes an Earthquake . About 53.000 dead
- April 6 - Committee Of Public Safety established in France with Georges Danton as its head.
- April 22 - George Washington signs the Neutrality Proclamation .
- May 31 - Regular troops under Francois Hanriet demand that the Girondin s must be expelled from the national convention
- June 2 - Girondin s overthrown
- 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 10 - Feast of Unity - Crowds in Paris burn Monarchist emblems
- August 23 - Universal Conscription in France
- September 5 - In France , the French National Convention votes to implement terror measures to repress French Revolution ary 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 Revolution ary 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).
- October 31 - Execution of arrested Girondist leaders in France in a Guillotine
- November 24 – French Revolutionary Calendar begins
- December 8 - Execution of Madame Du Barry
- December 9 - New York City 's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva , is established by Noah Webster .
- 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.
- January 1 - Francesco Guardi , Italian painter (b. 1712 )
- January 21 - King Louis XVI Of France (executed) (b. 1754 )
- February 1 - William Wildman Shute Barrington , British statesman (b. 1717 )
- February 6 - Carlo Goldoni , Italian playwright (b. 1707 )
- March 2 - Carl Gustaf Pilo , Swedish-born artist
- March 4 - Louis Jean Marie De Bourbon, Duc De Penthièvre , French admiral (b. 1725 )
- March 20 - William Murray, 1st Earl Of Mansfield , Scottish judge and politician (b. 1705 )
- March 26 - John Mudge , English physician and inventor (b. 1721 )
- April 15 - Ignacije Szentmartony , Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer (b. 1718 )
- April 29 - Yechezkel Landau , Polish rabbi and Talmudist (b. 1713 )
- April 29 - John Michell , English scientist (b. 1724 )
- May 3 - Martin Gerbert , German theologian and historian (b. 1720 )
- May 7 - Pietro Nardini , Italian composer (b. 1722 )
- May 20 - Charles Bonnet , Swiss naturalist (b. 1720 )
- June 26 - Gilbert White , English ornithologist (b. 1720 )
- July 13 - Jean Paul Marat , Swiss-born French Revolutionary leader (assassinated) (b. 1743 )
- July 17 - Charlotte Corday , French assassin of Jean Paul Marat (executed) (b. 1768 )
- July 23 - Roger Sherman , American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1721 )
- August 22 - Louis, 4th Duc De Noailles , Marshal of France (b. 1713 )
- August 28 - Adam Philippe, Comte De Custine , French general (executed) (b. 1740 )
- October 7 - Wills Hill, 1st Marquess Of Downshire , English politician (b. 1718 )
- October 8 - John Hancock , American patriot and businessman (b. 1737 )
- October 9 - Jean Joseph Marie Amiot , French Jesuit missionary (b. 1718 )
- October 16 - Marie Antoinette , Queen of France (executed) (b. 1755 )
- 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 )
- November 3 - Olympe De Gouges , French playwright (executed) (b. 1748 )
- November 6 - Louis Philip II, Duke Of Orléans , French noble and revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1747 )
- November 8 - Madame Roland , French Revolutionary hostess (executed) (b. 1754 )
- November 10 - Jean Marie Roland , French revolutionary leader (suicide) (b. 1734
- November 24 - Clément Charles François De Laverdy , French statesman (b. 1723 )
- November 29 - Antoine Barnave , French revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1761 )
- December 4 - Armand-Guy-Simon De Coetnempren, Comte De Kersaint , French revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1742 )
- December 5 - Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Etienne French revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1743 )
- December 7 - Joseph Bara , French Revolution child-hero (b. 1780 )
- December 8 - Étienne Clavière , French financier and politician (suicide) (b. 1735 )
- December 8 - Madame Du Barry , French courtesan (executed) (b. 1743 )
- December 23 - Johann Adolph Hasse , German composer (b. 1699 )
|
