About the day » Wednesday August 28, 1793Calender converter

• Anna Maria Geerkens, Strucht († 1865)
• Agnes Heijmans, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Wisse, Zaamslag († 1864)
• Alpheus Gifford AGIF01.ALP01RD, North Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1841)
• Agnes Heijmans, Schijndel († 1854)
• Anna Maria D'Hulster, Bredene
• Ava (Eva) Oud, Westzaan († 1826)
• Anna Maria Kaufman, Maren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina DE BRAECKELEER, Borchtlombeek († 1855)
• Catharina Siebers, Hummelo († 1866)

• Adriana (van Gunsel) van Gunsteren (49), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Gunsteren (Gunsel) (49), Den Haag
• Jan Hubertus Schel(Huijberts), Geffen
• Catharina van Eijsden, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adam Philips Graaf van Custine (51), Guillotine, Parijs
• Ida Kubben, Munstergeleen, Sittard-Geleen, Limburg, Nederland
• ?? MAHIEUX (0), Volckerinckhove... Hauts de France
• Cornelis Paulus Colthoff (30), Loevenstein
• Hubertus hubert Schiltz (0), Edingen, Ralingen, Rheinland-Pfalz, D
• Geertruij van Zevender (80), Amsterdam

• 1749 » Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat († 1832)
• 1774 » Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition († 1821)
• 1801 » Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher († 1877)
• 1814 » Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author († 1873)
• 1816 » Charles Sladen, English-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Victoria († 1884)
• 1822 » Graham Berry, English-Australian politician, 11th Premier of Victoria († 1904)
• 1827 » Catherine Mikhailovna, Russian grand duchess († 1894)
• 1833 » Edward Burne-Jones, English artist of the Pre-Raphaelite movement († 1898)
• 1837 » Francis von Hohenstein, duke of Teck († 1900)
• 1840 » Alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish-Japanese pharmacist and businessman, founded Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club († 1900)

• 1735 » Edwin Stead, English landowner and cricketer (b. 1701)
• 1757 » David Hartley, English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1705)
• 1784 » Junípero Serra, Spanish priest and missionary (b. 1713)
• 1793 » Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, French general (b. 1740)
• 1805 » Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader and author (b. 1722)
• 1818 » Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, American fur trader, founded Chicago (b. 1750)
• 1820 » Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor and urban planner (b. 1754)
• 1839 » William Smith, English geologist and engineer (b. 1769)
• 1888 » Julius Krohn, Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1835)
• 1891 » Robert Caldwell, English missionary and linguist (b. 1814)

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)
• July 22 » Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America.
• 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.
• October 15 » Queen Marie Antoinette of France is tried and convicted, and condemned to death the following day.
• December 9 » New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.
• 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 August 28, 1793 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.