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
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[edit] Events of 1793

[edit] January - June

January 2 - Russia and Prussia partition Poland.
January 9 - Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fly in a gas balloon in the United States.
January 21 - After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, Citizen Capet, (i.e., 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 - The Unsen volcano erupts in Japan and causes an earthquake; about 53,000 are killed.
April 6 - The Committee of Public Safety is 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 be expelled from the national convention.
June - George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney reaches Canton.
June 2 - The Girondins are overthrown.
June 10 - The Jardin des Plantes and the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle are created by the National Convention. The museum opens in Paris the following year and also becomes the first public zoo.

[edit] July - December

July 9 - The Act Against Slavery is passed in Upper Canada.
July 13 - Charlotte Corday kills Jean-Paul Marat in his bath.
July 17 - Charlotte Corday is executed.
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 - French Revolution - Feast of Unity: Crowds in Paris burn monarchist emblems.
August 23 - The following universal conscription decree is enacted in France: "The young men shall go to battle and the married men shall forge arms. The women shall make tents and clothes and shall serve in the hospitals; children shall tear rags into lint. The old men will be guided to the public places of the cities to kindle the courage of the young warriors and to preach the unity of the Republic and the hatred of kings."
September 5 - In France, the French National Convention votes to implement terror measures to repress 'counter-revolutionary' activities. The ensuing Reign of Terror lasts until the spring of 1794 and causes the deaths 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).
October 14 - The trial of Marie Antoinette begins.
October 15 - Marie Antoinette is condemned to death.
October 16 - Marie Antoinette is executed.
October 24 - The French Revolutionary Calendar begins.
October 28 - Eli Whitney applies for a patent for his cotton gin (the patent is granted the following March).
October 31 - Arrested Girondist leaders are executed in France, by guillotine.
November 8 - In Paris, the French Revolutionary government opens the Louvre to the public as a museum.
December 8 - Madame du Barry is executed.
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 16 ships, one of which is HMS Lutine, a famous treasure ship.

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The British admiralty begins supplying citrus juice to Navy ships to prevent scurvy.
Claude Chappe presents his semaphore in France; 15 stations are built within a year.
In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania more than 4,000 die from yellow fever.
Roman Catholicism is banned in France.
The First Coalition against France is formed.
The Holy Roman Empire declares war on France.
The first year of regular production begins 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.
The metric system is adopted in France.
As part of their campaign against France, the British invade Haiti and take all of its coastal cities.

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**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
Byzantine calendar	7301 – 7302
Chinese calendar	壬子年十一月十九日 (4429/4489-11-19) — to — 癸丑年十一月廿九日 (4430/4490-11-29)
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)
Korean calendar	4126
Thai solar calendar	2336
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