January 9 » Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
February 1 » French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
May 23 » Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
August 12 » The Rhône and Loire départments are created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire is split into two.
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.
November 16 » French Revolution: Ninety dissident Roman Catholic priests are executed by drowning at Nantes.
Christening day December 8, 1793
The temperature on December 8, 1793 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
March 1 » French Revolutionary War: Battle of Aldenhoven during the Flanders Campaign.
June 2 » 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 » The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo.
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.
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.
November 3 » French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined.
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