1793

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Years:	1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796

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**1793 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1793 MDCCXCIII
Ab urbe condita	2546
Armenian calendar	1242 ԹՎ ՌՄԽԲ
Chinese calendar	4429/4489-11-19 (壬子年十一月十九日) — to — 4430/4490-11-29 (癸丑年十一月廿九日)
Ethiopian calendar	1785 – 1786
Hebrew calendar	5553 – 5554
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1848 – 1849
- Shaka Samvat	1715 – 1716
- Kali Yuga	4894 – 4895
Iranian calendar	1171 – 1172
Islamic calendar	1208 – 1209
Japanese calendar	Kansei 5 (寛政5年)
- Imperial Year	Kōki 2453 (皇紀2453年)
- Jōmon Era	11793
Thai solar calendar	2336

1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar).

1 Events
- 1.1 Unknown dates
- 1.2 Ongoing events
2 Births
3 Deaths

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January 2 - Russia and Prussia partition Poland
January 9 - Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fly in a with blairy balloon in the United States.
January 21 - After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, "Citizen Capet" ie. 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
April 1 - Unsen volcano erupts in Japan and causes an earthquake. About 53.000 dead
April 6 - Committee of Public Safety 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 must be expelled from the national convention
June 2 - Girondins overthrown
June 10 - The Jardin des Plantes museum opened in Paris (a year later it would become the first public zoo).
July 9 - Act Against Slavery passed in Upper Canada
July 13 – Charlotte Corday kills Jean-Paul Marat in his bath
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 - Feast of Unity - Crowds in Paris burn monarchist emblems
August 23 - Universal conscription in France
September 5 - In France, the French National Convention votes to implement terror measures to repress French Revolutionary activities. The ensuing "Reign of Terror" will last until the spring of 1794 and causes death 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.
November 8 - In Paris, the French Revolutionary government opens the Louvre to the public as a museum
October 16 - Execution of Marie Antoinette
October 24 – French Revolutionary Calendar begins
October 28 - Eli Whitney applied for a patent for his cotton gin, (the patent was granted the following March).
October 31 - Execution of arrested Girondist leaders in France in a guillotine
December 8 - Execution of Madame du Barry
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 sixteen ships, one of which is HMS Lutine, a famous treasure ship.

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British admiralty begins to supply citrus juice to Navy ships to prevent scurvy.
Claude Chappe presents his semaphore in France - 15 stations built within a year.
In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania more than 4000 die from yellow fever
Roman Catholicism banned in France.
First Coalition against France formed.
Holy Roman Empire declares war on France.
First year of regular production for the United States Mint.
Construction begins on the United States Capitol building.
Niccolò Paganini debuts as a violin virtuoso at age 11.
French Republican Calendar is first used.