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• Anna Maria Buckinx, Stevoort
• Arie Hoogendoorn, Giessendam († 1823)
• Annetje MONSTER, Sint Anthoniepolder
• Annetje Willems Monster, Sint Anthoniepolder, Binnenmaas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1885)
• AALTJEN VAN ROEKEL, Wekerom
• Anna Cornelia Mensen, Breda († 1887)
• Alberdina Kleine Klein Lankhorst, Steenderen
• Anne C. van Nauta († 1795)
• Aaltje Jansen Van Roekel, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 1841)
• Aaltje van Roekel, Ede († 1841)

• Cecilia Idzarts van Sminia (76), Rauwerd, Boornsterhem, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Kerkvliet (40), Voorhout
• Anthonie Du Cloux (61), Utrecht
• Betty Whiting (33), Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Cecilia Idzartsdr SMINIA (76), Rauwerd (Rauwerderhem) Friesland Netherlands
• Elisabeth [Jan] Moonen (40), Reusel
• Anthoine du Cloux (61), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Pieterse KERKVLIET (40)
• David Soetmulder (17), Schiedam
• Ephraim Carter (80), Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten

• 1725 » Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist († 1810)
• 1792 » Christian Gmelin, German chemist and pharmacist († 1860)
• 1798 » Pedro I, emperor of Brazil († 1834)
• 1801 » Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss lawyer and politician, 5th President of the Swiss Confederation († 1873)
• 1815 » William J. Hardee, American general († 1873)
• 1838 » George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland († 1905)
• 1840 » Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress († 1909)
• 1855 » Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic († 1922)
• 1860 » Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American engineer and businessman, co-invented the gyrocompass († 1930)
• 1864 » Kamini Roy, British India's first female graduate, Bengali poet, social activist, and feminist writer († 1933)

• 1685 » Christoph Ignaz Abele, Austrian lawyer and jurist (b. 1628)
• 1730 » Frederick IV, king of Denmark and Norway (b. 1671)
• 1758 » Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, Irish field marshal and politician (b. 1680)
• 1812 » Juan José Castelli, Argentinian lawyer and politician (b. 1764)
• 1845 » Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, Quaker and philanthropist (b. 1780)
• 1858 » Hiroshige, Japanese painter (b. 1797)
• 1870 » Robert E. Lee, American general (b. 1807)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827)
• 1896 » Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 9th Council President of Denmark (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Calvin Fairbank, American minister and activist (b. 1816)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Joannes
8. Gerrit
9. Jacob
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Klaas
14. John
15. Leendert
16. Adrianus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Trijntje
7. Catharina
8. Grietje
9. Neeltje
10. Aaltje
11. Joanna
12. Adriana
13. Marie
14. Jannetje
15. Antje
16. Elizabeth

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• April 6 » During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.
• July 9 » The Act Against Slavery in Upper Canada bans the importation of slaves and will free those who are born into slavery after the passage of the Act at 25 years of age.
• August 16 » French Revolution: A levée en masse is decreed by the National Convention.
• October 16 » War of the First Coalition: French victory at the Battle of Wattignies forces Austria to raise the siege of Maubeuge.
• November 3 » French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined.
• November 10 » A Goddess of Reason is proclaimed by the French Convention at the suggestion of Pierre Gaspard Chaumette.

The temperature on October 12, 1793 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: zeer betrokken.