1793

Events

   * January 9 - Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fly in a balloon
     in the United States.
   * January 21 - After being found guilty of treason by the French
     Convention, Louis XVI of France is guillotined.
   * January 2 - Russia and Prussia partition Poland
   * February 1 - France declares war on England, the Netherlands (see
     French Revolutionary Wars)
   * February 25 - George Washington holds the first Cabinet meeting as
     President of the United States.
   * March 5 - French troops are defeated by Austrian forces and Liege is
     recaptured.
   * July 9 - Act Against Slavery passed in Upper Canada.
   * July 22 - Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the
     first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing north of
     Mexico.
   * July 29 - John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at
     Toronto, having sailed into the bay there.
   * September 5 - In France, the French National Convention votes to
     implement terror measures to repress French Revolutionary activities.
     The ensuing "Reign of Terror" will last until the spring of 1794 and
     kill 35,000-40,000 people.
   * October 12 - The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university
     building in the United States, is laid in Chapel Hill, North Carolina,
     on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The
     12th of October is now celebrated at the University as University Day.

Ongoing events

   * French Revolution (1789-1799)

Births

   * January 3 - Lucretia Mott, women's rights activist and abolitionist
   * March 2 - Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas (+ 1863)
   * March 4 - Karl Lachmann, philologist (+ 1851).
   * April 19 - Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria
   * Constantine Kanaris, Greek freedom fighter, Admiral and
     politician.(Other possible year of birth is 1795).

Deaths

   * January 21 - Louis XVI of France executed
   * February 1 - William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman
   * February 6 - Carlo Goldoni, playwright
   * May 20 - Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist
   * July 13 - Jean Paul Marat (assassinated by Charlotte Corday)
   * October 8 - John Hancock, revolutionary, businessman
   * October 16 - Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (executed)

Monarchs/Presidents

   * China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October
     18, 1735 to February 9, 1796)

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