January 11 » William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
June 20 » Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
July 13 » The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.
October 1 » Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
October 29 » Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.
December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
Day of death October 28, 1793
The temperature on October 28, 1793 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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