What Happened in 1793 — Events, Births & Deaths
1793 brings together 8 events, 0 birthdays and 0 deaths recorded across history.
April 1
- April 24
French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is acquitted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of charges brought by the Girondin in Paris.
June 1
- June 2
French Revolution: François Hanriot, leader of the Parisian National Guard, arrests 22 Girondists selected by Jean-Paul Marat, setting the stage for the Reign of Terror.
July 1
- July 22
Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America.
August 1
- August 12
The Rhône and Loire départments are created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire is split into two.
October 2
- October 13
French Revolutionary Wars: Austro-Prussian victory over Republican France at the First Battle of Wissembourg.
- October 15
Queen Marie Antoinette of France is tried and convicted of treason.
December 2
- December 19
War of the First Coalition: The Siege of Toulon ends when Napoleon's French artillery forces the British to abandon the city, securing southern France from invasion.
- December 23
The Battle of Savenay: A decisive defeat of the royalist counter-revolutionaries in War in the Vendée during the French Revolution.