Notable Historical Events - 1793
1793 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 9 |
1st hot-air balloon flight in the US lifts off in Philadelphia, piloted by Jean Pierre Blanchard |
Jan 9 |
Dutch Prince Willem V establishes 2 brigades Drive Artillery |
Jan 16 |
French King Louis XVI sentenced to death by the National Convention during the French Revolution |
Jan 21 |
Prussia & Russia sign partition treaty, dividing Poland. |
Jan 21 |
Louis XVI of France is executed by the guillotine in Paris, following his conviction for high treason. |
Jan 23 |
2nd partition of Poland, between Prussia & Russia |
Jan 23 |
Humane Society of Philadelphia (1st aid society) organized |
Feb 1 |
France declares war on Great Britain and Netherlands |
Feb 1 |
Patent granted Ralph Hodgson, NY, for oiled silk & linen |
Feb 11 |
Prussian troops occupy Venlo, Netherlands |
Feb 12 |
1st US fugitive slave law passed; requires return of escaped slaves |
Feb 24 |
French troops conquer Breda |
Feb 25 |
1st cabinet meeting (At George Washington's home) |
Mar 4 |
French troops conquer Geertruidenberg Neth |
Mar 4 |
Washington's 2nd inauguration, shortest speech (133 words) |
Mar 5 |
French troops are defeated by Austrian forces and Liège is recaptured. |
Mar 18 |
2nd Battle at Neerwinden: Austria army beats France |
Mar 18 |
The first republican state in Germany, the Republic of Mainz, is declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann. |
Mar 26 |
Pro-royalist uprising in Vendée region of France |
Apr 1 |
Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000 |
Apr 15 |
Bank of England hands out first £5 note |
Apr 17 |
Battle of Warsaw |
Apr 22 |
Pres Washington attends opening of Rickett's, 1st circus in US |
Apr 29 |
Cornerstone laid for Groningen's new town hall |
May 15 |
Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for "about 360 metres", at a height of 5-6 metres, during one of the first attempted flights. |
May 19 |
Netherlands captures French island of St Maarten (held until 1795) |
May 21 |
Curacao Island Council forbids criticism of House of Orange |
May 25 |
Father Stephen Theodore Badin is 1st US Roman Catholic priest ordained |
May 30 |
Georges Couthon chosen member of French Committee the Salut Public |
Jun 10 |
1st public zoo opens in Paris |
Jun 10 |
Washington supersedes Philadelphia as US capital |
Jun 11 |
1st American stove patent is granted to Robert Haeterick |
Jun 24 |
1st republican constitution in France adopted |
Jul 22 |
Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing of Canada. |
Jul 23 |
The Prussians conquer Mayence. |
Jul 24 |
France passes 1st copyright law |
Jul 29 |
John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at Toronto, having sailed into the bay there. |
Aug 1 |
France becomes 1st country to use the metric system |
Aug 8 |
The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution. |
Aug 10 |
Louvre palace officially opens in Paris as The Museum Central des Arts |
Aug 12 |
The Rhône départment is created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire was split into two: Rhône and Loire (Lêre). |
Aug 29 |
Slaves in French colony of St Domingue (Haiti) freed |
Sep 5 |
In the French Revolution, the "Reign of Terror" begins |
Sep 18 |
US President George Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building |
Sep 20 |
British troops under Major-general Williamson lands on (French) Haiti |
Sep 29 |
Tennis is 1st mentioned in an English sporting magazine |
Oct 5 |
French Revolution: Christianity is disestablished in France. |
Oct 16 |
Battle of Wattignies. |
Oct 28 |
Eli Whitney applies for a patent on cotton gin |
Oct 31 |
Execution of Girondins at Paris during Reign of Terror |
Nov 3 |
French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined. |
Nov 10 |
France ends forced worship of God |
Nov 12 |
Jean Sylvain Bailly, the first Mayor of Paris, is guillotined. |
Nov 26 |
Republican calendar replaces Gregorian calendar in France |
Dec 9 |
Noah Webster establishes NY's 1st daily newspaper, American Minerva |
Dec 14 |
1st state road authorized, Frankfort, Ky to Cincinnati |
Dec 18 |
Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French royalists to Lord Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck. |
Dec 23 |
Thomas Jefferson warned of slave revolts in West Indies |
Dec 26 |
Battle of Geisberg: French defeat Austrians. |
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