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 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.
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 13 » French Revolutionary Wars: Austro-Prussian victory over Republican France at the First Battle of Wissembourg.
December 26 » Second Battle of Wissembourg: France defeats Austria.
Christening day December 15, 1793
The temperature on December 15, 1793 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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 » French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.
July 13 » Journalist and French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday, a member of the opposing political faction.
August 12 » The Rhône and Loire départments are created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire is split into two.
September 8 » French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
October 15 » Queen Marie Antoinette of France is tried and convicted, and condemned to death the following day.
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