About the day » Monday June 17, 1793Calender converter

• Andreas Pietersz KOMANS, Strijen († 1795)
• Brigitta De Decker, Essen
• Anna Lucia Somers, Schin op Geul (Valkenburg aan de Geul), Limburg, Nederland
• Barbara Reynaert, Gits,8830,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Aaltje Sapes Kloosterman, Friesch Stroobos, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1870)
• Cornelis Smulders, Heeze, NL
• Augustin Tremblay, La Malbaie, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada († 1872)
• Barend de Boer, Vreeland, Utrecht, Nederland († 1881)
• Anna Martha Spangenberg, Kirchbauna, Kassel, Hessen (D) († 1866)
• Cyrus Edwards, Montgomery, Montgomery, Maryland, United States († 1877)

• Adrianus Cornelis van Cleef (81), Bergen op Zoom
• Aaltje Teunissen van der Rugeduist, Nijkerk
• Catherine Joseph Boussus (34), Colleret, Nord, France
• Charles Archambaud de Failly (90), Champlin, Ardennes, France
• George Romney
• Cecilia Francisca Antheune (27), Damme,, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Gerrit Adamszn Weeda (70), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adriaen De Wilde (65), Moerbeke
• Arijaentje Cornelisd Van MASTRIGT (33), Pernis
• Anthony Leenaard (45), Tholen(ZL)

• 1778 » Gregory Blaxland, English-Australian explorer († 1853)
• 1800 » William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, English-Irish astronomer and politician († 1867)
• 1808 » Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet, playwright, and linguist († 1845)
• 1810 » Ferdinand Freiligrath, German poet and translator († 1876)
• 1811 » Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician († 1879)
• 1818 » Charles Gounod, French composer and academic († 1893)
• 1818 » Sophie of Württemberg, queen of the Netherlands († 1877)
• 1821 » E. G. Squier, American archaeologist and journalist († 1888)
• 1832 » William Crookes, English chemist and physicist († 1919)
• 1833 » Manuel González Flores, Mexican general and president († 1893)

• 1734 » Claude Louis Hector de Villars, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1653)
• 1740 » Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1687)
• 1762 » Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French poet and playwright (b. 1674)
• 1771 » Daskalogiannis, Greek rebel leader (b. 1722)
• 1775 » John Pitcairn, Scottish-English soldier (b. 1722)
• 1797 » Mohammad Khan Qajar, Persian tribal chief (b. 1742)
• 1813 » Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, Scottish-English admiral and politician (b. 1726)
• 1821 » Martín Miguel de Güemes, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1785)
• 1839 » Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (b. 1774)
• 1866 » Joseph Méry, French poet and author (b. 1798)

• 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)
• March 18 » Flanders Campaign of the French Revolution, Battle of Neerwinden.
• March 18 » The first modern republic in Germany, the Republic of Mainz, is declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann.
• April 6 » During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.
• June 10 » The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo.
• 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.
• December 9 » New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.

The temperature on June 17, 1793 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.