Historical Events In 1793

Nov 10   On this day in history jared Kirtland, US, physician/naturalist/reformed penitentiaries  

Nov 12   On this day in history jean Sylvain Bailly, the first Mayor of Paris, is guillotined.  

Nov 15   Michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry) on this day in history.  

Nov 16   Francis Danby, Irish painter in the year 1793.  

Nov 18   Louvre officially opens in Paris on this day in history.  

Nov 26   Republican calendar replaces Gregorian calendar in France in the year 1793.  

Nov 28   Carl Jonas Love Almquist, Swedish composer (Tornrosens Buck) on this day in history.  

Dec 06   In the year 1793 marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du Barry, mistress of Louis XV, beheaded  

Dec 09   On this day in history noah Webster establishes New York's first daily newspaper, American Minerva  

Dec 09   Noah Webster establishes NY's 1st daily newspaper, American Minerva on this day in history.  

Dec 11   Pietro Coppola, composer in the year 1793.  

Dec 13   On this day in history johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63  

Dec 14   On this day in history 1st state road authorized, Frankfort, Ky to Cincinnati  

Dec 14   First state road authorized, Frankfort, Ky to Cincinnati in the year 1793.  

Dec 15   In the year 1793 henry Charles Carey, Phila, economist (Principles of Poli Economy)  

Dec 18   Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French royalists to Lord Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck on this day in history.  

Dec 20   Joseph Legros, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

Dec 23   Thomas Jefferson warned of slave revolts in West Indies on this day in history.  

Dec 26   Battle of Geisberg: French defeat Austrians on this day in history.  

Dec 26   Franz Hunten, composer in the year 1793.  

Dec 28   In the year 1793 louis earl of Bylandt, Dutch admiral, dies at about 75  

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Jan 03   On this day in history birth of lucretia Coffin Mott, US, teacher/minister/abolitionist/feminist  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of james Madison Porter, American politician (d. 1862)  

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of john C. Clark, American politician (d. 1852)  

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of william Henry Havergal, composer  

Feb 06   Pietro Rovelli, composer was born in the year 1793.  

Mar 02   Sam[uel] Houston, 1st president of Texas (1836-38, 1841-44) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 03   On this day in history birth of ch Sealsfield, writer  

Mar 03   On this day in history birth of william Charles Macready, English actor (d. 1873)  

Jan 01   On this day in history francesco Guardi, Italian painter, dies at 80  

Jan 04   Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35 on this day in history.  

Jan 21   Louis XVI, French king (1774-93), beheaded by revolutionaries at 38 died in the year 1793.  

Feb 01   William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (b. 1717) died in the year 1793.  

Feb 02   On this day in history william Aiton, English botanist (Kew Gardens), dies at 61  

Feb 06   On this day in history carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85  

Mar 02   Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-born artist died on this day in history.  

Mar 04   On this day in history isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 44