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Birthday January 8, 1793

• The temperature on January 8, 1793 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw. Source: KNMI
• 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)
• In the year 1793: Source: Wikipedia
  • June 2 » French Revolution: François Hanriot, leader of the Parisian National Guard, arrests 22 Girondists selected by Jean-Paul Marat, setting the stage for the Reign of Terror.
  • June 10 » The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo.
  • July 13 » Journalist and French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday, a member of the opposing political faction.
  • July 22 » Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America.
  • October 13 » French Revolutionary Wars: Austro-Prussian victory over Republican France at the First Battle of Wissembourg.
  • October 16 » French Revolution: Queen Marie Antoinette is executed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1786 » Nicholas Biddle, American banker and financier († 1844)
• 1788 » Rudolf of Austria, Austrian archduke and archbishop († 1831)
• 1792 » Lowell Mason, American composer and educator († 1872)
• 1805 » John Bigler, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 3rd Governor of California († 1871)
• 1805 » Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles († 1878)
• 1812 » Sigismond Thalberg, Swiss pianist and composer († 1871)