January 28 » The Russian Academy of Sciences is founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
April 7 » Premiere performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion, BWV245, at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig.
November 11 » Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking "Thief-Taker General" (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the Old Bailey, is hanged in London.
December 7 » Tumult of Thorn: Religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.
Day of burial July 27, 1793
The temperature on July 27, 1793 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
March 18 » Flanders Campaign of the French Revolution, Battle of Neerwinden.
April 6 » During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.
May 23 » Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
August 8 » The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution.
October 12 » The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
December 26 » Second Battle of Wissembourg: France defeats Austria.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: DF020, "Family tree DeVries", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-devries/I472.php : accessed August 28, 2026), "Helena Cornelisse Coomans (1724-1793)".
Copy warning
Genealogical publications are copyright protected. Although data is often retrieved from public archives, the searching, interpreting, collecting, selecting and sorting of the data results in a unique product. Copyright protected work may not simply be copied or republished.
Please stick to the following rules
Request permission to copy data or at least inform the author, chances are that the author gives permission, often the contact also leads to more exchange of data.
Do not use this data until you have checked it, preferably at the source (the archives).
State from whom you have copied the data and ideally also his/her original source.