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• Annigje Tjeerts Mulder, Windeweer, Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland († 1852)
• Bardina Willemsd NORENBURG, Dordrecht († 1830)
• Agatha den Hollander, Wassenaar († 1835)
• Agatha Hendriksdr. den Hollander, Wassenaar († 1835)
• Aghatha (Aagje) den Hollander, Wassenaar († 1835)
• Antonia Peterse, Well
• Agatha den Hollander, Wassenaar
• Arnoldus Graus, Susteren († 1808)
• Arenda Johanna Simmer, Maarssen († 1876)
• Antonia Peterse, Well,, Gelderland, Nederland

• Henricus HERMANS (54), Lage Mierde, 5094, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• doodgeboren kind Wittebol, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Blackington (71), Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
• Franciscus Benedictus DeCeuninck (64), Woumen,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Evertje Maassen van Veldhuysen (1), Ede
• Elisabeth Van de Koppel (95), Hoekse Waard, South Holland, Netherlands
• Arij KLEIJWEG (33), Rotterdam
• Jabaaij (0), 's-Gravendeel, Nederland
• Henricus Hermans (54), Hoogemierde
• Arie Kleijweg (34), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1741 » Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, French admiral and explorer († 1788)
• 1754 » Louis XVI of France († 1793)
• 1769 » Georges Cuvier, French biologist and academic († 1832)
• 1783 » William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed the Hammersmith Bridge († 1852)
• 1785 » Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander († 1819)
• 1805 » Anton von Schmerling, Austrian judge and politician († 1893)
• 1814 » James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop († 1877)
• 1829 » Moritz Cantor, German mathematician and historian († 1920)
• 1843 » William Southam, Canadian publisher († 1932)
• 1846 » Alexander Milne Calder, Scottish-American sculptor († 1923)

• 1706 » Edward Nott, English politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)
• 1723 » Increase Mather, American minister and author (b. 1639)
• 1806 » Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist and engineer (b. 1736)
• 1813 » Alexander Wilson (ornithologist), Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (b. 1766)
• 1819 » Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (b. 1785)
• 1831 » August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1760)
• 1831 » Ferenc Kazinczy, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1759)
• 1853 » Alexander Calder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1806)
• 1867 » Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet and author (b. 1796)
• 1892 » Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)

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)
• April 6 » During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.
• June 24 » The French Constitution of 1793 is formally adopted, although it is effectively suspended by the Committee of Public Safety.
• 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 12 » The Rhône and Loire départments are created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire is split into two.
• August 16 » French Revolution: A levée en masse is decreed by the National Convention.
• November 16 » French Revolution: Ninety dissident Roman Catholic priests are executed by drowning at Nantes.

The temperature on August 23, 1793 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.