Year (''' 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 ).
- July 9 - Act Against Slavery is passed in Upper Canada .
- July 13 - Charlotte Corday kills Jean-Paul Marat in his bath.
- July 17 - Execution of Charlotte Corday is held.
- 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.
- burn Monarchist emblems.
- August 23 - Universal Conscription occurs in France.
- September 5 - In France , the French National Convention votes to implement terror measures to repress French Revolution ary 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 Revolution ary government opens the Louvre to the public as a Museum .
- October 14 - Trial of Marie Antoinette begins
- October 15 - Marie Antoinette condemned to death.
- October 16 - Execution of Marie Antoinette is held.
- 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, by a Guillotine .
- December 8 - Execution of Madame Du Barry is held.
- 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.
- January 3 - Lucretia Mott , American women's rights activist and abolitionist (d. 1880 )
- January 14 - John C. Clark , American politician (d. 1852 )
- March 2 - Sam Houston , President Of The Republic Of Texas (d. 1863 )
- March 3 - William Charles Macready , English actor (d. 1873 )
- March 4 - Karl Lachmann , German philologist (d. 1851 )
- March 6 - William Dick , Founder of Edinburgh Veterinary College (d. 1866 )
- April 19 - Emperor Ferdinand I Of Austria (d. 1875 )
- June 1 - Augustus Earle , Artist (d. 1838 )
- June 6 - Edward C. Delevan , American Temperance Movement leader (d. 1871 )
- September 25 - Felicia Hemans , Bristish poet (d. 1835 )
- November 3 - Stephen F. Austin , American pioneer (d. 1836 )
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- January 1 - Francesco Guardi , Italian painter (b. 1712 )
- January 21 - King Louis XVI Of France (executed) (b. 1754 )
- February 1 - William Wildman Shute Barrington , British statesman (b. 1717 )
- February 6 - Carlo Goldoni , Italian playwright (b. 1707 )
- March 2 - Carl Gustaf Pilo , Swedish-born artist
- March 4 - Louis Jean Marie De Bourbon, Duc De Penthièvre , French admiral (b. 1725 )
- March 20 - William Murray, 1st Earl Of Mansfield , Scottish judge and politician (b. 1705 )
- March 26 - John Mudge , English physician and inventor (b. 1721 )
- April 15 - Ignacije Szentmartony , Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer (b. 1718 )
- April 29
- --- Yechezkel Landau , Polish rabbi and Talmudist (b. 1713 )
- --- John Michell , English scientist (b. 1724 )
- May 3 - Martin Gerbert , German theologian and historian (b. 1720 )
- May 7 - Pietro Nardini , Italian composer (b. 1722 )
- May 20 - Charles Bonnet , Swiss naturalist (b. 1720 )
- June 26 - Gilbert White , English ornithologist (b. 1720 )
- July 13 - Jean-Paul Marat , Swiss-born French Revolutionary leader (assassinated) (b. 1743 )
- July 17 - Charlotte Corday , French assassin of Jean-Paul Marat (executed) (b. 1768 )
- July 23 - Roger Sherman , American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1721 )
- August 22 - Louis, 4th Duc De Noailles , Marshal of France (b. 1713 )
- August 28 - Adam Philippe, Comte De Custine , French general (executed) (b. 1740 )
- October 7 - Wills Hill, 1st Marquess Of Downshire , English politician (b. 1718 )
- October 8 - John Hancock , American patriot and businessman (b. 1737 )
- October 9 - Jean Joseph Marie Amiot , French Jesuit missionary (b. 1718 )
- October 16 - Marie Antoinette , Queen of France (executed) (b. 1755 )
- October 31
- --- Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud , French revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1744 )
- --- Claude Fauchet , French revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1754 )
- --- Armand Gensonné , French revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1758 )
- --- Jacques Pierre Brissot , French revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1754 )
- November 3 - Olympe De Gouges , French playwright (executed) (b. 1748 )
- November 6 - Louis Philip II, Duke Of Orléans , French noble and revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1747 )
- November 8 - Madame Roland , French Revolutionary hostess (executed) (b. 1754 )
- November 10 - Jean Marie Roland , French revolutionary leader (suicide) (b. 1734
- November 24 - Clément Charles François De Laverdy , French statesman (b. 1723 )
- November 29 - Antoine Barnave , French revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1761 )
- December 4 - Armand-Guy-Simon De Coetnempren, Comte De Kersaint , French revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1742 )
- December 5 - Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Etienne French revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1743 )
- December 7 - Joseph Bara , French Revolution child-hero (b. 1780 )
- December 8
- --- Étienne Clavière , French financier and politician (suicide) (b. 1735 )
- --- Madame Du Barry , French courtesan (executed) (b. 1743 )
- December 23 - Johann Adolph Hasse , German composer (b. 1699 )
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