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• Carolus Xaverius PAUWELS, Halle, Zoersel, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Anna Catharina Jacobs, Lillo(Belgie) († 1870)
• Claas Willemsen Boshuis, Barneveld († 1847)
• Bastiaan de Vos, Burgh
• Christian Sonneborn, Hemschlar, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1860)
• Arij Hendrik LANGSTRAAT, Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Bertrams, Deurne († 1868)
• Barend Groentjes, Castricum († 1849)
• Annigje van der Vlies, Sliedrecht
• Antonius Pieterse (Toon) van der Elst, ,, Monster, Nederland († 1868)

• Gerrit Noorts Noordes, Zwolle bij Groenlo
• Anna Catharina Vrancken (60), Veldwezelt, Lanaken (B)
• Klaas Arijsz Hoogendijk (67), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabet Van Wikkeren (67), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van LIMMEN (43), Dordrecht
• Constance de Vos, Brussel
• Douwe Binnerts Douma (2), Oostermeer
• Barbe Vermeulen, Meulebeke
• Andrew Winchester (71), Canterbury, Connecticut
• Klaas Gerrits Kuijk (35), Wormerveer, Nederland

• 1777 » John George Children, English chemist, mineralogist, and zoologist († 1852)
• 1778 » Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish soldier and diplomat, British Ambassador to Austria († 1854)
• 1785 » John Wilson, Scottish author and critic († 1854)
• 1797 » Frederick Augustus II of Saxony († 1854)
• 1822 » Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist († 1896)
• 1835 » Charles N. Sims, American Methodist preacher and 3rd chancellor of Syracuse University († 1908)
• 1850 » Oliver Heaviside, English engineer, mathematician, and physicist († 1925)
• 1851 » James Budd, American lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of California († 1908)
• 1852 » Gertrude Käsebier, American photographer († 1934)
• 1854 » Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator († 1924)

• 1733 » Georg Böhm, German organist and composer (b. 1761)
• 1780 » Charles Hardy, English-American admiral and politician, 29th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1714)
• 1781 » Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian-Indian rebel leader (b. 1742)
• 1792 » Levy Solomons, Canadian merchant and fur trader (b. 1730)
• 1795 » Robert Rogers, English colonel (b. 1731)
• 1799 » Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright and publisher (b. 1732)
• 1800 » Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (b. 1729)
• 1807 » John Douglas, Scottish bishop and scholar (b. 1721)
• 1808 » Elijah Craig, American minister, inventor, and educator, invented Bourbon whiskey (b. 1738)
• 1844 » Richard McCarty, American lawyer and politician (b. 1780)

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)
• May 23 » Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
• July 9 » The Act Against Slavery in Upper Canada bans the importation of slaves and will free those who are born into slavery after the passage of the Act at 25 years of age.
• August 8 » The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution.
• August 16 » French Revolution: A levée en masse is decreed by the National Convention.
• September 17 » War of the Pyrenees: France defeats a Spanish force at the Battle of Peyrestortes.
• October 12 » The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The temperature on May 18, 1793 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken regen winderig.