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• Antoni Kats, Dinteloord, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Angela Ernzen, Echternach, Grevenmacher, Luxemburg († 1882)
• Antonie Kats, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands († 1840)
• Anna Gesina Stael, Versen († 1846)
• Arij Pietersz. van Swieten - Zwieten, Wassenaar († 1857)
• Borchert van Lang, Finsterwolde
• Adriana Huijben, Zundert, Nederland
• Anna Theresia ( Vanhooren ) Vanhoorne, Ichtegem († 1831)
• Anna Clara Mannens, Nuth (Nuth) (Limburg) († 1846)
• Adriana Kamer, Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Antje Dirks Zeestraaten, Voorhout
• "Auguste" Joseph Alexandre de La Roche Saint-André (36), Coulans, Sarthe, France
• Gerrigien NEIJMEIJERS (33), Kampen
• Hendricus (Henricus) Manschot (49), Aalten (GL)
• Hendrik (Henricus) (Hendrikus) te Manschot (50), Aalten (GL)
• Benjamin Graves (90)
• George CLARK, Cabrach, Banffshire, Scotland
• Hermina Manschot (54), Aalten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham van Wyk (68), Tulbagh, South Africa
• Jan Karelse Touw (5), Rotterdam

• 1781 » Bartolomeo Pinelli, Italian illustrator and engraver († 1835)
• 1781 » Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German captain and jurist († 1854)
• 1782 » Georgius Jacobus Johannes van Os, Dutch painter († 1861)
• 1783 » Georgios Sinas, Greek entrepreneur and banker († 1856)
• 1784 » Marianne von Willemer, Austrian actress and dancer († 1860)
• 1787 » Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse, German firearms inventor and manufacturer († 1867)
• 1788 » Félix Varela, Cuban-born Roman Catholic priest († 1853)
• 1794 » Eduard Rüppell, German naturalist and explorer († 1884)
• 1801 » Mungo Ponton, Scottish inventor († 1880)
• 1808 » Albert Kazimirski de Biberstein, French orientalist († 1887)

• 1737 » Caroline of Ansbach, queen of England and Ireland (b. 1683)
• 1742 » Melchior de Polignac, French cardinal and poet (b. 1661)
• 1758 » Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish violinist and composer (b. 1694)
• 1764 » Christian Goldbach, Prussian mathematician and theorist (b. 1690)
• 1773 » Charles Jennens, English landowner and patron of the arts
• 1778 » Francesco Cetti, Italian priest, zoologist, and mathematician (b. 1726)
• 1824 » Carl Axel Arrhenius, Swedish chemist (b. 1757)
• 1856 » Farkas Bolyai, Romanian-Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1775)
• 1864 » Albert Newsam, American painter and illustrator (b. 1809)
• 1866 » Otto Karl Berg, German botanist and pharmacist (b. 1815)

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)
• January 21 » After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
• March 18 » Flanders Campaign of the French Revolution, Battle of Neerwinden.
• August 10 » The Musée du Louvre is officially opened in Paris, France.
• September 18 » The first cornerstone of the United States Capitol is laid by George Washington.
• October 16 » War of the First Coalition: French victory at the Battle of Wattignies forces Austria to raise the siege of Maubeuge.
• December 9 » New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.

The temperature on November 20, 1793 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken mist.