1793 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1793?
- January 9, 1793 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
- January 21, 1793 – After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
- April 6, 1793 – During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.
- May 15, 1793 – Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for “about 360 meters”, at a height of 5-6 meters, during one of the first attempted .
- June 2, 1793 – 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.
- June 10, 1793 – The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo.
- June 24, 1793 – The first Republican constitution in France is adopted.
- July 9, 1793 – The Act Against Slavery is passed in Upper Canada and the importation of slaves into Lower Canada is prohibited.
- July 13, 1793 – Journalist and French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday, a member of the opposing political faction.
- July 29, 1793 – John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at Toronto, having sailed into the bay there.
- August 8, 1793 – The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution.
- August 10, 1793 – The Musée du Louvre is officially opened in Paris, France.
- August 27, 1793 – French counter-revolution: the port of Toulon revolts and admits the British fleet, which lands troops and seizes the port leading to Siege of Toulon.
- September 8, 1793 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
- September 18, 1793 – The first cornerstone of the Capitol building is laid by George Washington.
- October 16, 1793 – The Battle of Wattignies ends in a French victory.
- November 9, 1793 – William Carey reaches the Hooghly River.
- December 9, 1793 – New York City’s first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.
- December 23, 1793 – The Battle of Savenay, decisive defeat of the royalist counter-revolutionaries in Revolt in the Vendée during the French Revolution.
- December 26, 1793 – Second Battle of Wissembourg: French defeat Austrians.
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