May 15 » Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for "about 360 meters", at a height of 5–6 meters, during one of the first attempted manned flights.
May 23 » Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
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 8 » The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution.
August 27 » French Revolutionary Wars: The city of Toulon revolts against the French Republic and admits the British and Spanish fleets to seize its port, leading to the Siege of Toulon by French Revolutionary forces.
December 23 » The Battle of Savenay: A decisive defeat of the royalist counter-revolutionaries in War in the Vendée during the French Revolution.
Christening day October 13, 1793
The temperature on October 13, 1793 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
August 10 » The Musée du Louvre is officially opened in Paris, France.
August 16 » French Revolution: A levée en masse is decreed by the National Convention.
October 13 » French Revolutionary Wars: Austro-Prussian victory over Republican France at the First Battle of Wissembourg.
December 18 » Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMSLutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.
December 26 » Second Battle of Wissembourg: France defeats Austria.
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