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• Akke Jans Wieringa, Surhuisterveen († 1852)
• Calvin Arnold, Swanton, Franklin County, Vermont († 1852)
• Angelina Bernardina Fuijtinck, Watervliet, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1840)
• Antonia Leijten, Princenhage, Gemeente Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1844)
• Abraham Gerritse Minderhoud, Westkapelle-Binnen, Walcheren († 1826)
• Berlindis de Vos, Steenhuyse
• Antonius Van Hoek, Deurne († 1796)
• Amalia Johanna Westaedt, Hamburg, Germany († 1832)
• Aagje Maria Engelman, Haarlem
• Aurelia Hendricus Weeber, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1806)

• Hugh Chick (61), Axminster, Devon
• Catharina Louise Victoria Chabert (67), Istanbul
• Cornelis Alblas (80), Tienhoven, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Anna de Bont (72)
• Grietje Hindriks (69), Winschoten prov. Groningen
• Christina Gerrits Hoff, Olst
• Christina Gerrits Hof (76), Rande (Diepenveen)
• Aaltje van Galen (0), Rotterdam
• Cornelis Teuniszoon Alblas (62), Ameide
• Christina Gerrits Hof, "de Noort" Rande

• 1749 » William Blount, American politician († 1800)
• 1753 » Benjamin Thompson, American-French physicist and politician, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1814)
• 1773 » Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician and navigator († 1838)
• 1794 » Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter († 1872)
• 1804 » David Humphreys Storer, American physician and academic († 1891)
• 1824 » Julie-Victoire Daubié, French journalist († 1874)
• 1829 » Théodore Aubanel, French poet († 1886)
• 1842 » Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre, French occultist († 1909)
• 1850 » Edward Bellamy, American author, socialist, and utopian visionary († 1898)
• 1852 » Élémir Bourges, French author († 1925)

• 1726 » John Vanbrugh, English playwright and architect, designed Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard (b. 1664)
• 1772 » Charles Pinot Duclos, French author and politician (b. 1704)
• 1776 » Samuel Ward, American jurist and politician, 31st Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island (b. 1725)
• 1780 » Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (b. 1713)
• 1793 » John Mudge, English physician and engineer (b. 1721)
• 1797 » James Hutton, Scottish geologist and physician (b. 1726)
• 1814 » Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician and politician (b. 1738)
• 1827 » Ludwig van Beethoven, German pianist and composer (b. 1770)
• 1858 » John Addison Thomas, American lieutenant, engineer, and politician, 3rd United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1811)
• 1862 » Uriah P. Levy, American commander (b. 1792)

• 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 9 » Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
• March 1 » French Revolutionary War: Battle of Aldenhoven during the Flanders Campaign.
• May 15 » Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for "about 360 meters", at a height of 5–6 meters, during one of the first attempted manned flights.
• June 10 » French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.
• September 18 » The first cornerstone of the United States Capitol is laid by George Washington.
• December 9 » New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.

The temperature on March 26, 1793 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: zeer betrokken.