Page 5: Historical Events In 1793

Nov 12   Jean Sylvain Bailly, the inaugural Mayor of Paris, is guillotined   

Nov 15   Michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry).   

Nov 16   Francis Danby, Irish painter   

Nov 18   Louvre officially opens in Paris.   

Nov 26   In this year, Republican calendar adopts in place of Gregorian calendar in France   

Nov 28   Carl Jonas Love Almquist, Swedish composer (Tornrosens Buck).   

Dec 06   Marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du Barry, mistress of Louis XV, beheaded.   

Dec 09   Noah Webster establishes New York's inaugural daily newspaper, American Minerva   

Dec 09   Noah Webster establishes NY's 1st daily newspaper, American Minerva.   

Dec 11   Pietro Coppola, composer.   

Dec 13   Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63   

Dec 14   1st state road authorized, Frankfort, Ky to Cincinnati.   

Dec 14   inaugural state road authorized, Frankfort, Ky to Cincinnati.   

Dec 15   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 is recorded as becoming a famous treasure wreck   

Dec 20   Joseph Legros, composer, dies at 54   

Dec 23   Thomas Jefferson warned of slave revolts in West Indies   

Dec 26   Battle of Geisberg: French defeat Austrians.   

Dec 26   Franz Hunten, composer.   

Dec 28   Louis earl of Bylandt, Dutch admiral, dies at about 75.   

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Jan 03   Lucretia coffin mott: Us, teacher/minister/abolitionist/feminist   

Jan 06   James madison porter: American politician   

Jan 14   John c. clark: American politician    

Jan 18   William henry havergal: Composer   

Feb 06   Pietro rovelli: Composer   

Mar 02   Sam[uel] houston: 1st president of texas (1836-38, 1841-44)   

Mar 03   Ch sealsfield: Writer   

Mar 03   William charles macready: English actor    

Jan 01   Francesco guardi: Italian painter,    

Jan 04   Bengt lidner: Swedish poet (medea/yttersa domen),   

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

Feb 01   William wildman shute barrington: British statesman (b. 1717)   

Feb 02   William aiton: English botanist (kew gardens),   

Feb 06   Carlo goldoni: Italian author (l'avaro),    

Mar 02   Carl gustaf pilo: Swedish-born artist   

Mar 04   Isaac ouwater: Amsterdam painter/cartoonist,