1793 Calendar
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1793 Historical Event(s)
January 21, 1793
– After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
January 23, 1793
– Second Partition of Poland: Russia and Prussia partition Poland for the second time.
April 6, 1793
– During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.
May 15, 1793
– Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for “about 360 meters”, at a height of 5-6 meters, during one of the first attempted .
June 2, 1793
– French Revolution: François Hanriot, leader of the Parisian National Guard, arrests 22 Girondists selected by Jean-Paul Marat, setting the stage for the Reign of Terror.
June 10, 1793
– French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.
July 13, 1793
– Journalist and French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday, a member of the opposing political faction.
September 8, 1793
– French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
October 15, 1793
– Queen Marie-Antoinette of France is tried and convicted in a swift, pre-determined trial in the Palais de Justice, Paris, and condemned to death the following day.
October 16, 1793
– The Battle of Wattignies ends in a French victory.
Who Were Born On 1793?
January 3, 1793
– Lucretia Mott, American women’s rights activist (d. 1880)
March 2, 1793
– Sam Houston, American politician, 8th Governor of Tennessee and 7th Governor of Texas (d. 1863)
March 3, 1793
– William Charles Macready, English actor (d. 1873)
March 4, 1793
– Karl Lachmann, German philologist (d. 1851)
April 19, 1793
– Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria (d. 1875)
June 29, 1793
– Josef Ressel, Czech-Austrian inventor (d. 1857)
July 5, 1793
– Pavel Pestel, Russian revolutionary (d. 1826)
October 28, 1793
– Eliphalet Remington, American firearms manufacturer (d. 1861)
November 3, 1793
– Stephen F. Austin, American pioneer (d. 1836)
November 15, 1793
– Michel Chasles, French mathematician (d. 1880)