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• Antonia Elisabeth Beeckman, Semarang († 1860)
• Adriana den Ouden, Tilburg the Netherlands
• Antoine PARE
• Anna Lanson, Amsterdam
• Anna Bogers, Sprang († 1826)
• Aaltjen Maria Catriena Bisschop, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1833)
• Antonia Elisabeth Beeckman, Samarang (Java ind.) († 1860)
• Anna Kok, Schiedam († 1795)
• Bauke Idses de Boer, Makkum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1803)
• Asahel Avery, of Coventry, Chenango, N. Y († 1872)

• Hezekiah May Jr. (64)
• Dirk Berk(h)eij (29), Oud-Vossemeer
• Hermannus Elferink (76)
• Guurtje Kap, Akersloot
• Amelie Meresse (2), Troisvilles (F)
• Christine BAUDOUIN (62), Trémery, Moselle, Grand Est, France
• Anna Cornelia Dufraing (24), Merksplas, Antwerpen, België
• Gerrit Willemsz de Vries (30), Wervershoof
• Isabella Braet (38), Tielt
• Francois ACQUET, Brugge,8000,West-Vlaanderen,BELGIE

• 1762 » Samuel Adams Holyoke, American composer and educator († 1820)
• 1767 » Gabriel Richard, French-born American Roman Catholic priest, missionary, educator, and politician († 1832)
• 1784 » Thomas Robert Bugeaud, French general and politician, Governor-General of Algeria († 1849)
• 1785 » José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician († 1821)
• 1789 » William Christopher Zeise, Danish chemist who prepared Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds († 1847)
• 1795 » Frederick William IV of Prussia, Prussian king from 1840-1861 († 1861)
• 1814 » Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author, poet, and painter († 1841)
• 1816 » John Robertson, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of New South Wales († 1891)
• 1818 » Alexander Dreyschock, Czech pianist and composer († 1869)
• 1825 » Marie of Prussia († 1889)

• 1690 » Juan de Valdés Leal, Spanish painter and illustrator (b. 1622)
• 1715 » Humphry Ditton, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1675)
• 1788 » Samuel Greig, Scottish-Russian admiral (b. 1735)
• 1810 » Alfred Moore, American captain and judge (b. 1755)
• 1811 » Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter and politician (b. 1735)
• 1817 » Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish-Lithuanian general and engineer (b. 1746)
• 1819 » Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg (b. 1744)
• 1820 » Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (b. 1771)
• 1837 » Ivan Dmitriev, Russian poet and politician, Russian Minister of Justice (b. 1760)
• 1891 » Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English author and songwriter (b. 1837)

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. Antje
15. Jannetje
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)
• 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 23 » Kingdom of Prussia re-conquers Mainz from France.
• September 5 » French Revolution: The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
• September 8 » French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
• December 9 » New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.
• 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 October 15, 1793 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.