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.
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.
July 23 » Kingdom of Prussia re-conquers Mainz from France.
August 12 » The Rhône and Loire départments are created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire is split into two.
September 17 » War of the Pyrenees: France defeats a Spanish force at the Battle of Peyrestortes.
October 16 » War of the First Coalition: French victory at the Battle of Wattignies forces Austria to raise the siege of Maubeuge.
Christening day May 19, 1793
The temperature on May 19, 1793 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 21 » After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
May 23 » Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
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.
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 16 » French Revolution: Queen Marie Antoinette is executed.
November 3 » French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined.
Day of death October 1, 1793
The temperature on October 1, 1793 was about 8.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
February 1 » French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
March 1 » French Revolutionary War: Battle of Aldenhoven during the Flanders Campaign.
March 18 » Flanders Campaign of the French Revolution, Battle of Neerwinden.
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.
July 13 » Journalist and French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday, a member of the opposing political faction.
October 13 » French Revolutionary Wars: Austro-Prussian victory over Republican France at the First Battle of Wissembourg.
Day of burial October 5, 1793
The temperature on October 5, 1793 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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.
September 17 » War of the Pyrenees: France defeats a Spanish force at the Battle of Peyrestortes.
September 18 » The first cornerstone of the United States Capitol is laid by George Washington.
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.
November 10 » A Goddess of Reason is proclaimed by the French Convention at the suggestion of Pierre Gaspard Chaumette.
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