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• Albertus de ROO, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Stam, Egmond-Binnen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antien Binnesd Bos, Boijl, fr.nld
• Antje Harmens Stam, Egmond Binnen (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Berendina Niessink, Eibergen († 1860)
• Anna Cath. VAN DE MEULENHOF, Mierlo, North-Brabant, Netherlands († 1871)
• Arent Derksz Huisman, Nieuwleusen († 1798)
• Berend Luesveld, Warnsveld († 1856)
• Berend Leusveld, Warnsveld († 1856)
• Antien Binnes Bos, Boyl

• Catharina Elisabetha WIBBELS (66), Billerbeck (D)
• Antoine Parent (75), Saint-Eustache, Deux-Montagnes, Québec, Canada
• Hendrik Pietersz Hoet (0), Schoorl, nh.nld
• Friederich Wilhelm te Koppel (0), Rhede (Kr. Borken), Westfalen, Preußen, Germany
• Adrianus De Sadeleer (1), Meire
• Cornelius Ottevangers, 's Hertogenbos (NL)
• David B Lawrence Jr (81), Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
• Asa Tenney (60), Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
• Christine Grauel (63), Elsoff, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Gerrit van Lochem, Haaksbergen, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1757 » Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher and academic († 1823)
• 1759 » Georges Danton, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice († 1794)
• 1768 » Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician († 1844)
• 1794 » Konstantin Thon, Russian architect, designed the Grand Kremlin Palace and the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour († 1881)
• 1795 » Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist († 1872)
• 1797 » Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano († 1865)
• 1799 » Margaret Agnes Bunn, Scottish actress († 1883)
• 1800 » Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal († 1891)
• 1802 » Miguel I of Portugal († 1866)
• 1803 » Joseph Hansom, English architect and publisher, designed Birmingham Town Hall († 1882)

• 1717 » Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (b. 1657)
• 1751 » Philip Doddridge, English minister and hymn-writer (b. 1702)
• 1764 » William Hogarth, English painter and engraver (b. 1697)
• 1773 » Amédée-François Frézier, French mathematician, engineer, and explorer (b. 1682)
• 1803 » Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1721)
• 1806 » John Graves Simcoe, English general and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (b. 1752)
• 1817 » Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Dutch-Austrian chemist and botanist (b. 1727)
• 1864 » William T. Anderson, American captain (b. 1838)
• 1866 » John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer, founded the Labatt Brewing Company (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Robert Anderson (Civil War), American general (b. 1805)

• 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)
• January 21 » After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
• March 18 » The first modern republic in Germany, the Republic of Mainz, is declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann.
• April 6 » During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.
• 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.
• 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 26, 1793 was about 13.0 °C. There was 70 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken.