About the day » Monday May 20, 1793Calender converter

• Andries Wendt, Hattem
• Anna Maria MÜLLER, Elfgen, Rheinland, Germany
• Amelia Mildred Carpenter Burton <iKi>1 "Millie", Madison, Madison County, Virginia († 1839)
• Alexandre de La Taille, Engenville, Loiret, France († 1875)
• Anthonia van der Worp, Schalkwijk († 1885)
• Antonia van der Worp, Schalkwijk († 1885)
• Carolus Moenaert, Lichtervelde († 1794)
• Antje Ales, De Rijp, Nederland († 1861)
• Ariaantje GROENEWEG
• Albert van Ommen, Heerde (Vorchten), Nederland

• Hendrika Maria Meijning (0), Amsterdam
• Adriana Krijgsman (37), Westenschouwen
• Dirk Cornelisz de Jongh (55)
• Alegonda Eermerts (60), Wijchen, Gld, Nederland
• Allegonda Eermerts (60), Wijchen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Heijltje Jans Booij (67), Sliedrecht
• Gerrit Cornelisz Waijboer (52), Warmenhuizen
• Antonius Huibert SMITS (57), Vlierden
• Hendrikus van Ommen (3)
• Jan Sluiterije (46), Vorden

• 1769 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician († 1835)
• 1772 » Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets († 1828)
• 1776 » Simon Fraser, American-Canadian fur trader and explorer († 1862)
• 1795 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) († 1854)
• 1799 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright († 1850)
• 1806 » John Stuart Mill, English economist, civil servant, and philosopher († 1873)
• 1811 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1887)
• 1818 » William Fargo, American businessman and politician, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express († 1881)
• 1822 » Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1912)
• 1824 » Cadmus M. Wilcox, Confederate States Army general († 1890)

• 1713 » Thomas Sprat, English bishop (b. 1635)
• 1717 » John Trevor, Welsh lawyer and politician, 102nd Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1637)
• 1722 » Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1669)
• 1732 » Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)
• 1782 » William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1701)
• 1793 » Charles Bonnet, Swiss botanist and biologist (b. 1720)
• 1812 » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (b. 1732)
• 1834 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (b. 1757)
• 1841 » Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)
• 1864 » John Clare, English poet (b. 1793)

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)
• June 10 » The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo.
• July 23 » Kingdom of Prussia re-conquers Mainz from France.
• August 8 » The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution.
• August 10 » The Musée du Louvre is officially opened in Paris, France.
• October 16 » French Revolution: Queen Marie Antoinette is executed.
• December 25 » General "Mad Anthony" Wayne and a 300 man detachment identify the site of St. Clair's 1791 defeat by the large number of unburied human remains at modern Fort Recovery, Ohio.

The temperature on May 20, 1793 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.