Klerken Woumen Zarren families » Catharina Cecilia Depuydt (1793-????)

Birthday February 23, 1793

• The temperature on February 23, 1793 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: winderig betrokken dampig. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1793: Source: Wikipedia
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 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 16 » French Revolution: Queen Marie Antoinette is executed.
  • November 3 » French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1744 » Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker and businessman († 1812)
• 1792 » José Joaquín de Herrera, Mexican politician and general. President three times (1844–1854) († 1854)
• 1831 » Felicita Vestvali, German actress and opera singer († 1880)
• 1831 » Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Dutch painter († 1915)
• 1840 » Carl Menger, Austrian economist and educator († 1921)
• 1842 » Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author († 1906)