January 7 » A peace treaty is signed between Peshwa Bajirao and Jai Singh II following Maratha victory in the Battle of Bhopal.
April 15 » Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel receives its premiere performance in London, England.
April 18 » Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") is founded in Madrid.
May 24 » John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.
May 25 » A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
July 20 » Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.
Day of death March 31, 1793
The temperature on March 31, 1793 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
March 18 » Flanders Campaign of the French Revolution, Battle of Neerwinden.
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 16 » French Revolution: A levée en masse is decreed by the National Convention.
September 5 » French Revolution: The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
September 18 » The first cornerstone of the United States Capitol is laid by George Washington.
October 13 » French Revolutionary Wars: Austro-Prussian victory over Republican France at the First Battle of Wissembourg.
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