January 25 » Port Egmont, the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands near the southern tip of South America, is founded.
March 9 » After a campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son may have actually committed suicide.
March 22 » The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
March 24 » Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.
August 12 » Treaty of Allahabad is signed. The Treaty marks the political and constitutional involvement and the beginning of Company rule in India.
November 1 » The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the Thirteen Colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.
Day of death August 20, 1793
The temperature on August 20, 1793 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
March 1 » French Revolutionary War: Battle of Aldenhoven during the Flanders Campaign.
April 6 » During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.
July 22 » Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America.
September 17 » War of the Pyrenees: France defeats a Spanish force at the Battle of Peyrestortes.
October 15 » Queen Marie Antoinette of France is tried and convicted, and condemned to death the following day.
December 18 » Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMSLutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.
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