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• Adrianus Frederiksz JOHO, Mijnsheerenland
• Annegje de Wilde, Kloosterveen (Smilde), Drenthe, Nederland († 1803)
• Aagje Dirkdr Kwantes (Quantes), Zijpe, Nederland
• Angèle FORTIN, Baie-St-Paul, Charlevoix, Québec
• Alberta Holterman, Deventer († 1870)
• Anna Catharina Stevens, Laken, 1210, Brussels Hoofdst. Gewest, Belgium († 1856)
• Antje Roet, Landsmeer († 1868)
• Abraham Marijs, Rithem
• Aaltje Bijleveldt, Naaldwijk, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Berber Gramsma, Leeuwarden

• Jean DUPONT (70), Stave, 5646, Namur, Belgique
• Freerk Murks Abma (51), Hidaard, Friesland, Nederland
• Jan Jansen Popkes alias Stoker, Buinen (Borger)
• Jan Jansen (Popkes) Stoker (53), Buinen, Borger, Drenthe, Nederland
• Dirck Pietersz Schotsman (79), Grootebroek
• Dirk Pietersz Schotsman (79), Grootebroek
• Christianus Hueskens (Huijskes, Huiskens, Huskens, Heuskens) (33), Venlo
• Anthonet de Clerck (40), Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Geertjen Lindeboom (5)
• Jan Jansen Popkens (alias Stoker) (53), Buinen (Borger)

• 1767 » Manuel Godoy, Spanish field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of Spain († 1851)
• 1774 » Ellis Cunliffe Lister, English politician († 1853)
• 1777 » Mary Reibey, Australian businesswoman († 1855)
• 1803 » Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic († 1873)
• 1804 » Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of West Canada († 1858)
• 1806 » Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish philosopher and politician († 1881)
• 1812 » Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator († 1888)
• 1814 » Adolf von Henselt, German pianist and composer († 1889)
• 1820 » Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse, social reformer, and statistician († 1910)
• 1825 » Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, French lawyer and explorer († 1878)

• 1748 » Thomas Lowndes, English astronomer and academic (b. 1692)
• 1759 » Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (b. 1700)
• 1784 » Abraham Trembley, Swiss zoologist and academic (b. 1710)
• 1792 » Charles Simon Favart, French playwright and composer (b. 1710)
• 1796 » Johann Uz, German poet and author (b. 1720)
• 1801 » Nicholas Repnin, Russian general and politician, Governor-General of Baltic provinces (b. 1734)
• 1842 » Walenty Wańkowicz, Belarusian-Polish painter (b. 1799)
• 1845 » János Batsányi, Hungarian poet and academic (b. 1763)
• 1856 » Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1786)
• 1859 » Sergey Aksakov, Russian author and academic (b. 1791)

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)
• January 13 » Nicolas Jean Hugon de Bassville, representative of Revolutionary France, lynched by a mob in Rome
• January 23 » Second Partition of Poland.
• March 18 » Flanders Campaign of the French Revolution, Battle of Neerwinden.
• June 10 » French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.
• August 8 » The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution.
• 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 May 12, 1793 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.