January 9 » Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
February 1 » French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
August 8 » The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution.
September 5 » French Revolution: The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
September 8 » French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
December 25 » General "Mad Anthony" Wayne and a 300 man detachment identify the site of St. Clair's 1791 defeat by the large number of unburied human remains at modern Fort Recovery, Ohio.
Christening day December 29, 1793
The temperature on December 29, 1793 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
January 13 » Nicolas Jean Hugon de Bassville, representative of Revolutionary France, lynched by a mob in Rome
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.
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 16 » French Revolution: A levée en masse is decreed by the National Convention.
October 16 » French Revolution: Queen Marie Antoinette is executed.
December 9 » New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.
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