About the day » Friday October 18, 1793Calender converter

• Arij Willemsz Gardenier († 1846)
• Claas Hendriks, Garderen († 1848)
• Adrianus van den Hoven, Loon Op Zand († 1858)
• Bouke Dirks de Boer-, Tjerkwerd, Nederland († 1795)
• "Govert" Goort Goort, Heeze, NL
• Anna Maria Knols, Hulsberg,, Limburg, Nederland
• Antje Wobbes Boonstra, Hallum, Friesland, Nederland († 1856)
• Arie Willemsz GARDENIER, Nieuw-Beijerland
• Christoph Brockmeier, Germany († 1869)
• Catharina Barbara EHRHARDT, Rothbach,67340,Bas-Rhin,Alsace,FRANCE († 1829)

• Jacobus Cornelise Low (72), Kingston, Ulster County, New York, United States of America
• Jacob Janszen (36), Barneveld
• Daniel Cushing (75), Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Harmen Distelcourt (80), De Lier, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Emiliana Catharina Degroote (0), Zandvoorde-Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Hermanus DISSELKOEN, De Lier, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Daniel Baroth (1), Zinse, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Gerritdina Herms (78), (Ov), Netherlands
• Anna Gertrud Kox (0)
• Dirk Kors van der Klis (0), Oudewater, Nederland

• 1741 » Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author († 1803)
• 1777 » Heinrich von Kleist, German author and poet († 1811)
• 1785 » Thomas Love Peacock, English author and poet († 1866)
• 1792 » Lucas Alamán, Mexican politician and historian († 1853)
• 1804 » Mongkut, Thai king († 1868)
• 1822 » Midhat Pasha, Ottoman civil servant and politician, 238th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire († 1883)
• 1831 » Frederick III, German Emperor († 1888)
• 1836 » Frederick August Otto Schwarz, American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz († 1911)
• 1850 » Basil Hall Chamberlain, English-Swiss historian, author, and academic († 1935)
• 1854 » Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer († 1911)

• 1739 » António José da Silva, Brazilian-Portuguese playwright (b. 1705)
• 1744 » Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (b. 1660)
• 1770 » John Manners, Marquess of Granby, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire (b. 1721)
• 1775 » Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1715)
• 1817 » Etienne Nicolas Méhul, French pianist and composer (b. 1763)
• 1865 » Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784)
• 1871 » Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the mechanical computer (b. 1791)
• 1876 » Francis Preston Blair, American journalist (b. 1791)
• 1886 » Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (b. 1796)
• 1889 » Antonio Meucci, Italian-American engineer (b. 1808)

• 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.
• September 5 » French Revolution: The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
• 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 » War of the First Coalition: French victory at the Battle of Wattignies forces Austria to raise the siege of Maubeuge.
• November 10 » A Goddess of Reason is proclaimed by the French Convention at the suggestion of Pierre Gaspard Chaumette.
• December 9 » New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.

The temperature on October 18, 1793 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken winderig.