About the day » Wednesday April 17, 1793Calender converter

• Cornelis SCHREUDER, Goudswaard
• Cornelis Emmen, Klein Oosterhout/Rijen
• Aaltje Wanting, Muiden
• Cornelis Hopman, Nrd-Scharwoude († 1847)
• Adriana Houtepen, Rijen († 1843)
• Cathrina Elisabetha Theiß, Arborn, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany († 1850)
• Anna Catharina Termote, Hooglede (België)
• Arnoldus van Helvert, Onsenoort († 1842)
• Anna Catharina SCHUYTENAAR, Viane († 1831)
• Antonius Janssen, Mook

• Franciscus BEECKX BEX (29), Breugel (NL/NB)
• Arie Arens ROS (25), Noordzee
• Dirk Koppert (52), 's-Gravanzande
• Anna Martha Kipp (77), borken
• Antoine Giard (65), Kaskaskia, Fayette, Illinois, United States
• Ary Huibertszn Heemskerk (63), Haarlem, Netherlands
• Clasina van den Ende
• Arie Arens Ros (24), Noordzee
• Dirk Pietersz Koppert (59), 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Vorsselmans (27), Kalmthout (B)

• 1750 » François de Neufchâteau, French academic and politician, French Minister of the Interior († 1828)
• 1756 » Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian commander († 1805)
• 1766 » Collin McKinney, American surveyor, merchant, and politician († 1861)
• 1794 » Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer († 1868)
• 1798 » Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic († 1840)
• 1814 » Josif Pančić, Serbian botanist and academic († 1888)
• 1816 » Thomas Hazlehurst, English architect and philanthropist († 1876)
• 1820 » Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter and inventor of baseball († 1892)
• 1833 » Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor († 1900)
• 1837 » J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier, founded J.P. Morgan & Co. († 1913)

• 1696 » Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (b. 1626)
• 1711 » Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1678)
• 1713 » David Hollatz, Polish pastor and theologian (b. 1648)
• 1764 » Johann Mattheson, German lexicographer and composer (b. 1681)
• 1790 » Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, publisher, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (b. 1706)
• 1799 » Richard Jupp, English surveyor and architect (b. 1728)
• 1840 » Hannah Webster Foster, American journalist and author (b. 1758)
• 1843 » Samuel Morey, American engineer (b. 1762)
• 1882 » George Jennings, English engineer and plumber, invented the Flush toilet (b. 1810)
• 1888 » E. G. Squier, American archaeologist and journalist (b. 1821)

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)
• July 22 » Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America.
• August 8 » The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution.
• September 8 » French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
• October 12 » The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• October 15 » Queen Marie Antoinette of France is tried and convicted, and condemned to death the following day.
• October 16 » French Revolution: Queen Marie Antoinette is executed.

The temperature on April 17, 1793 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.