About the day » Wednesday May 1, 1793Calender converter

• Adrianus Make, Steensel
• Andries Klases Kuipers, opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Oomen, Alphen
• Arend Jan Nijhuis, Stokkum, Markelo, Hof van Twente, Overijssel, Nederland († 1836)
• Anna Maria van Diessen, Driel. Gelderland († 1841)
• Aagje Paulusdr van den Berg, Oegstgeest
• arij boender, goudswaard (zuid holland) († 1852)
• Andries Kuipers, Lippenhuizen, Friesland, Nederland († 1878)
• Arie Bastiaan Boender, Goudswaard († 1852)
• Antonij van der Knijff, Bleiswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Anna Maria Varendonck (71), Temse
• JAMES (PA 1743) HORNER (82), Allen Township, Northampton, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Alexander POLEN(POOLEN) (POULEN), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Harm Pieters Prins (1)
• Claartje Zwaan (6), Egmond, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Geervliet (60), Nieuwveen
• Alice Wright (1)
• Hendrika Lensink (0), Almen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Moors
• Cornelius Cooreman (75), Moorsel

• 1764 » Benjamin Henry Latrobe, English-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1820)
• 1769 » Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1852)
• 1783 » Phoebe Hinsdale Brown, American hymnwriter († 1861)
• 1803 » James Clarence Mangan, Irish poet and author († 1849)
• 1821 » Henry Ayers, English-Australian politician, 8th Premier of South Australia († 1897)
• 1824 » Alexander William Williamson, English chemist and academic († 1904)
• 1825 » George Inness, American painter and educator († 1894)
• 1825 » Johann Jakob Balmer, Swiss mathematician and physicist († 1898)
• 1827 » Jules Breton, French painter († 1906)
• 1829 » José de Alencar, Brazilian author and playwright († 1877)

• 1730 » François de Troy, French painter and engraver (b. 1645)
• 1731 » Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer (b. 1677)
• 1738 » Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1669)
• 1772 » Gottfried Achenwall, Polish-German historian, economist, and jurist (b. 1719)
• 1813 » Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (b. 1768)
• 1838 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)
• 1856 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
• 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)

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)
• February 1 » French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
• June 10 » The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo.
• July 22 » Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America.
• September 17 » War of the Pyrenees: France defeats a Spanish force at the Battle of Peyrestortes.
• September 18 » The first cornerstone of the United States Capitol is laid by George Washington.
• October 13 » French Revolutionary Wars: Austro-Prussian victory over Republican France at the First Battle of Wissembourg.

The temperature on May 1, 1793 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.