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• Catherine Josèphe Decalf, Berthen, Berten, 59, France
• Dionisio Alberto Fausto Juan José Francisco de Paula de Bassecourt, Barcelona († 1874)
• Arien van Tilborg (van Tilburg), Rijswijk, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1863)
• Arien van Tilborg, Rijswijk († 1863)
• Afke, Blauwhuis
• Antonius Van (Tiel) Thiel, Overasselt (Heumen) († 1795)
• Arien van TILBURG, Rijswijk (N-Br)
• Daniel Rees Warren († 1841)
• Belia Arris Schaap, Katwijk aan Zee
• Daniel Reese Warren (MrMarthJanSeale), Sandy Hook, Marion, MS († 1841)

• Harriet Spencer (0)
• catharina peters (claessen) (76), maasbree
• Franciscus Wouters (4), Tilburg
• Anna Barbara Kaulbach (26), Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Gerrit (Gernt) de Bock (53), Batavia
• Geertrui Van Dijk (1), Maartensdijk, Gemeente De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Gerritze, Hoogland
• Geertrui van Dijk (1), Maartensdijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelis van Woerden (10), Maasland, 3155, Nederland
• David Chandler (65), Mecklenburg, Virginia, Verenigde Staten

• 1732 » David Rittenhouse, American astronomer and mathematician († 1796)
• 1761 » William Joseph Chaminade, French priest, founded the Society of Mary († 1850)
• 1770 » John Thomas Campbell, Irish-Australian banker and politician († 1830)
• 1798 » Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet and author († 1857)
• 1818 » August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic († 1892)
• 1818 » Christian IX of Denmark († 1906)
• 1826 » Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican soldier († 1890)
• 1827 » Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican ophthalmologist, journalist, and politician († 1898)
• 1842 » Elizabeth Bacon Custer, American author and educator († 1933)
• 1859 » Edmund Husserl, German Jewish-Austrian mathematician and philosopher († 1938)

• 1697 » Niels Juel, Norwegian-Danish admiral (b. 1629)
• 1704 » Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1641)
• 1704 » Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist and philologist (b. 1624)
• 1709 » Wolfgang Dietrich of Castell-Remlingen, German nobleman (b. 1641)
• 1725 » John Wise, American minister (b. 1652)
• 1735 » Francis II Rákóczi, Hungarian prince (b. 1676)
• 1848 » Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (b. 1797)
• 1860 » István Széchenyi, Hungarian statesman and reformer (b.1791)
• 1861 » Elisha Otis, American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company (b. 1811)
• 1870 » Charles Auguste de Bériot, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1802)

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. Jannetje
15. Antje
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)
• April 6 » During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.
• 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.
• July 23 » Kingdom of Prussia re-conquers Mainz from France.
• October 16 » War of the First Coalition: French victory at the Battle of Wattignies forces Austria to raise the siege of Maubeuge.
• November 16 » French Revolution: Ninety dissident Roman Catholic priests are executed by drowning at Nantes.
• December 26 » Second Battle of Wissembourg: France defeats Austria.

The temperature on April 8, 1793 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: helder winderig.