About the day » Monday May 6, 1793Calender converter

• Barbara Theresia Mestdag, Lendelede, België
• Adriana Bollé, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina CLAASEN, Roosendaal, 4153, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1832)
• Cornelia Bibbe, Bruinisse
• Anna Christina Keunen, Thorn
• Antonia Josepha van den Crommenacker, Gemert
• Antje Simonsd Boon, Texel, den Hoorn. nh.nld († 1863)
• Barbara Kockelkoren-, Grathem, Nederland († 1860)
• Antonij van Giersbergen, Rotterdam
• anna maria joppen, roermond († 1858)

• Elizabeth van Welle, Rotterdam
• Henri Antoine PIRONNET (67), LA REID (Desnié), Liège, Belgique
• Ludwig Michel (40), Elsoff, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Jildou (54), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Joannes Antonius van Ertrijck, Breda
• Jildouw (Jilduw) Jans (54), Bolsward
• Jean Michel Lengrand (59), Troisvilles (F)
• Joannes van Elewout (65), Oud Gastel
• Antonie van HERTSROOIJ (62), Lieshout, 3925, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Gabriel Schoffelen (20), Jabeek,, Limburg, Nederland

• 1758 » André Masséna, French general († 1817)
• 1758 » Maximilien Robespierre, French lawyer and politician († 1794)
• 1769 » Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany († 1824)
• 1769 » Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic († 1834)
• 1781 » Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher and author († 1832)
• 1797 » Joseph Brackett, American religious leader and composer († 1882)
• 1800 » Roman Sanguszko, Polish general († 1881)
• 1827 » Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician († 1891)
• 1836 » Max Eyth, German engineer and author († 1906)
• 1843 » Grove Karl Gilbert, American geologist and academic († 1918)

• 1708 » François de Laval, French-Canadian bishop (b. 1623)
• 1757 » Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1683)
• 1757 » Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (b. 1684)
• 1782 » Christine Kirch, German astronomer and academic (b. 1696)
• 1840 » Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (b. 1792)
• 1859 » Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (b. 1769)
• 1862 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817)
• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Joannes
8. Gerrit
9. Jacob
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Klaas
14. John
15. Leendert
16. Adrianus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Trijntje
7. Catharina
8. Grietje
9. Neeltje
10. Aaltje
11. Joanna
12. Adriana
13. Marie
14. Jannetje
15. Antje
16. Elizabeth

• 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)
• February 1 » French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
• June 10 » French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.
• 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 8 » French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
• 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.
• December 18 » Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMSLutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.

The temperature on May 6, 1793 was about 8.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken.