La Famille Robert » Joseph VILLENEUVE (1793-1793)

Birthday January 30, 1793

• The temperature on January 30, 1793 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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
  • 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.
  • 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 8 » The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1754 » John Lansing, Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1829)
• 1775 » Walter Savage Landor, English poet and author († 1864)
• 1781 » Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet († 1838)
• 1816 » Nathaniel P. Banks, American general and politician, 24th Governor of Massachusetts († 1894)
• 1822 » Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist and curator († 1899)
• 1841 » Félix Faure, French politician, 7th President of France († 1899)