January 9 » Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
January 23 » Second Partition of Poland.
March 18 » Flanders Campaign of the French Revolution, Battle of Neerwinden.
April 6 » During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.
August 8 » The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution.
November 10 » A Goddess of Reason is proclaimed by the French Convention at the suggestion of Pierre Gaspard Chaumette.
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
January 21 » After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
June 10 » The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo.
July 13 » Journalist and French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday, a member of the opposing political faction.
July 22 » Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America.
August 8 » The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution.
November 10 » A Goddess of Reason is proclaimed by the French Convention at the suggestion of Pierre Gaspard Chaumette.
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
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