1793

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Year 1793 (MDCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).

1 Events of 1793
2 Births
3 Deaths

Events of 1793

January - June

January 2 - Russia and Prussia partition Poland.
January 9 - Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fly in a with blairy balloon in the United States.
January 21 - After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, "Citizen Capet" ie. Louis XVI of France is guillotined.
February 1 - France declares war on Great Britain, the Netherlands and Spain (see French Revolutionary Wars).
February 25 - George Washington holds the first Cabinet meeting as President of the United States.
February 27 - The Giles resolutions are introduced to the United States House of Representatives asking the House to condemn Alexander Hamilton's handling of loans.
March 1 - John Langdon becomes President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate until March 3.
March 4 - George Washington is sworn in as President of the United States in Philadelphia, for his second term.
March 5 - French troops are defeated by Austrian forces and Liège is recaptured.
March 7 - France declares war on Spain.
March 18 - The first republican state in Germany, the Republic of Mainz, is declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann.
April 1 - Unsen volcano erupts in Japan and causes an earthquake: about 53000 dead.
April 6 - Committee of Public Safety established in France with Georges Danton as its head.
April 22 - George Washington signs the Neutrality Proclamation.
May 31 - Regular troops under François Hanriot demand that the Girondins must be expelled from the national convention.
June 2 - The Girondins are overthrown.
June 10 - The Jardin des Plantes and the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle created by the National Convention. It opened in Paris the following year and would also become the first public zoo.

July - December

July 9 - Act Against Slavery is passed in Upper Canada.
July 13 - Charlotte Corday kills Jean-Paul Marat in his bath.
July 17 - Execution of Charlotte Corday is held.
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.
August 10 - Feast of Unity: Crowds in Paris burn monarchist emblems.
August 23 - Universal conscription occurs in France.
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 causes death of 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. The 12th of October is now celebrated at the University as University Day.
November 8 - In Paris, the French Revolutionary government opens the Louvre to the public as a museum.
October 14 - Trial of Marie Antoinette begins
October 15 - Marie Antoinette condemned to death.
October 16 - Execution of Marie Antoinette is held.
October 24 - French Revolutionary Calendar begins.
October 28 - Eli Whitney applied for a patent for his cotton gin, (the patent was granted the following March).
October 31 - Execution of arrested Girondist leaders in France, by a guillotine.
December 8 - Execution of Madame du Barry is held.
December 9 - New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.
December 18 - French forces under Dugommier capture Toulon from royalists and British forces under Vice Admiral Lord Hood. The British fire the dockyards and take sixteen ships, one of which is HMS Lutine, a famous treasure ship.

Undated

British admiralty begins to supply citrus juice to Navy ships to prevent scurvy.
Claude Chappe presents his semaphore in France - 15 stations built within a year.
In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania more than 4000 die from yellow fever
Roman Catholicism banned in France.
First Coalition against France is formed.
Holy Roman Empire declares war on France.
First year of regular production for the United States Mint.
Construction begins on the United States Capitol building.
Niccolò Paganini debuts as a violin virtuoso at age 11.
The French Republican Calendar is first used.

Ongoing events

French Revolution (1789-1799).
French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802)-First Coalition.

Births

**1793 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1793 MDCCXCIII
Ab urbe condita	2546
Armenian calendar	1242 ԹՎ ՌՄԽԲ
Bahá'í calendar	-51 – -50
Berber calendar	2743
Buddhist calendar	2337
Burmese calendar	1155
Chinese calendar	4429/4489-11-19 (壬子年十一月十九日) — to — 4430/4490-11-29 (癸丑年十一月廿九日)
Coptic calendar	1509 – 1510
Ethiopian calendar	1785 – 1786
Hebrew calendar	5553 – 5554
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1848 – 1849
- Shaka Samvat	1715 – 1716
- Kali Yuga	4894 – 4895
Holocene calendar	11793
Iranian calendar	1171 – 1172
Islamic calendar	1207 – 1208
Japanese calendar	Kansei 5 (寛政5年)
- Imperial Year	Kōki 2453 (皇紀2453年)
Korean calendar	4126
Thai solar calendar	2336
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