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• Albert Ridderink, Arriën († 1872)
• Anna Catharina Stockem, Alken
• Cornelius van Cuyck
• Arnolda Kuijs, Vlijmen
• Aafje Bakker, Grootebroek († 1833)
• Cresie van Dummelen, Hoogland, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anthonij Hendrik Gijsberty Hodenpijl, Schiedam, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1847)
• Anna van de Leur, ,, Overschie, Nederland († 1845)
• Anthonie van der Elst, Naaldwijk († 1868)
• Anthonij Hendrik Gijsberti Hodenpijl, Schiedam († 1847)

• Egbert Hotses (80), Veenwouden
• Isabella Theresia de Nocker (0), Assenede (B)
• Geertje Jans Booij, Monnickendam (NH, NLD)
• Françoise DUPIN (66), Yzeures-sur-Creuse, 37290, France
• Dirk Looij (62), Oudenhoorn
• Evert van de Pol (1), Elspeet
• Arnoldus Joosten Middelkoop (66), Schoonrewoerd, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Hillegond Pieters Ooms (23), Krommenie
• Dirk Louisz Looij (62), Oudenhoorn
• Geertruij Luijk (36), Haarlem

• 1761 » Samuel Dexter, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of War, 3rd United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1816)
• 1771 » Robert Owen, Welsh businessman and social reformer († 1858)
• 1771 » Thomas Wedgwood, English photographer († 1805)
• 1781 » Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer, German historian and academic († 1873)
• 1794 » Fanny Imlay, daughter of British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft († 1816)
• 1814 » Charles Beyer, German-English engineer, co-founded Beyer, Peacock and Company († 1876)
• 1817 » Alexander Kaufmann, German poet and educator († 1893)
• 1820 » James Martin, Irish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of New South Wales († 1886)
• 1830 » Antonio Annetto Caruana, Maltese archaeologist and author († 1905)
• 1832 » Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic († 1903)

• 1688 » Antoine Furetière, French scholar, lexicographer, and author (b. 1619)
• 1754 » Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French playwright and producer (b. 1692)
• 1761 » Thomas Simpson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1710)
• 1847 » Fanny Mendelssohn, German pianist and composer (b. 1805)
• 1860 » Ludwig Bechstein, German author (b. 1801)
• 1873 » Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (b. 1797)
• 1878 » Ōkubo Toshimichi, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1830)
• 1881 » Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse and author (b. 1805)
• 1889 » Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)
• 1893 » Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)

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)
• January 9 » Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
• January 23 » Second Partition of Poland.
• July 22 » Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America.
• August 10 » The Musée du Louvre is officially opened in Paris, France.
• September 5 » French Revolution: The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
• November 16 » French Revolution: Ninety dissident Roman Catholic priests are executed by drowning at Nantes.

The temperature on May 14, 1793 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: omtrent helder.