February 14 » James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
May 13 » War of the Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives the part of its territory that was taken from it (the Innviertel).
July 6 » Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
July 16 » American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
August 13 » American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
September 28 » American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
Day of burial August 23, 1793
The temperature on August 23, 1793 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. 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.
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 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.
October 15 » Queen Marie Antoinette of France is tried and convicted, and condemned to death the following day.
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