Historical Events In 1793

Jan 01   Francesco Guardi, Italian painter, dies at 80   

Jan 03   Lucretia Coffin Mott, US, teacher/minister/abolitionist/feminist.   

Jan 04   Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35   

Jan 09   1st hot-air balloon flight in the US lifts off in Phila.   

Jan 09   Dutch Prince Willem V establishes 2 brigades Drive Artillery   

Jan 09   Jean Pierre Blanchard makes inaugural balloon flight in North America (Philadelphia).   

Jan 09   Jean-Pierre Blanchard makes the inaugural successful balloon flight in the U.S. His hydrogen-filled balloon lifts off in Philadelphia, PA and lands 15 miles away in Woodbury, NJ   

Jan 18   William Henry Havergal, composer   

Jan 19   French King Louis XVI sentenced to death.   

Jan 19   King Louis XVI sentenced to death by the French Convention   

Jan 21   Jan 21, King Louis the 16th of France is are discovered guilty of treason and beheaded during the Revolution.   

Jan 21   Louis XVI, French king (1774-93), beheaded by revolutionaries at 38.   

Jan 21   Louis XVI, the King of France, is guillotined during the French revolution   

Jan 21   Prussia and Russia sign partition treaty (Poland divided)   

Jan 23   2nd partition of Poland, between Prussia and Russia.   

Jan 23   Humane Society of Philadelphia (inaugural aid society) organized.   

Feb 01   France declares war on England and Netherlands   

Feb 01   Patent granted Ralph Hodgson, New York, for oiled silk and linen.   

Feb 02   William Aiton, English botanist (Kew Gardens), dies at 61.   

Feb 06   Carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85.   

Feb 06   Pietro Rovelli, composer   

Feb 11   Prussian troops occupy Venlo Neth.   

Feb 11   Prussian troops occupy Venlo Netherlands.   

Feb 12   1st US fugitive slave law passed; requires return of escaped slaves.   

Feb 12   US fugitive slave law passed which requires return of escaped slaves   

Feb 24   French troops conquer Breda   

Feb 25   1st cabinet meeting (At George Washington's home).   

Feb 25   US President George Washington and his department heads hold their inaugural Cabinet meeting   

Mar 02   Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-born artist.   

Mar 02   Sam Houston, Texan leader is born.   

Mar 02   Sam[uel] Houston, 1st president of Texas (1836-38, 1841-44)   

Mar 03   Ch Sealsfield, writer.   

Mar 04   French troops conquer Geertruidenberg Neth.   

Mar 04   French troops conquer Geertruidenberg Netherlands.   

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Jan 03   Lucretia Coffin Mott, US, teacher/minister/abolitionist/feminist was born in the year 1793.   

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   William Henry Havergal, composer was born in the year 1793.   

Feb 06   Pietro Rovelli, composer was born on this day in history.   

Mar 02   In the year 1793 birth of sam[uel] Houston, 1st president of Texas (1836-38, 1841-44)   

Mar 03   In the year 1793 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   On this day in history bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35   

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

Feb 01   In the year 1793 death of william Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (b. 1717)   

Feb 02   In the year 1793 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 in the year 1793.   

Mar 04   In the year 1793 isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 44