WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1793
Find out what all happened February to December 1793

The first Republican constitution in France is adopted. (24. June 1793)

The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution. (8. August 1793)

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. (2. June 1793)

Second Battle of Wissembourg: France defeat Austria. (26. December 1793)

The Act Against Slavery is passed in Upper Canada and the importation of slaves into Lower Canada is prohibited. (9. July 1793)

French Revolution: the French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror. (5. September 1793)

Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition. (23. May 1793)

During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic. (6. April 1793)

Kingdom of Prussia re-conquers Mainz from France. (23. July 1793)

Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck. (18. December 1793)

The wedding of Prince Friedrich Ludwig of Prussia and Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz takes place. (26. December 1793)

The Musée du Louvre is officially opened in Paris, France. (10. August 1793)

The first republic in Germany, the Republic of Mainz, was declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann. (18. March 1793)

Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of Canada. (22. July 1793)

Queen Marie-Antoinette of France is tried and convicted in a swift, pre-determined trial in the Palais de Justice, Paris, and condemned to death the following day. (15. October 1793)

Marie Antoinette, widow of Louis XVI, is guillotined at the height of the French Revolution. (16. October 1793)

French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. (1. February 1793)

Journalist and French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday, a member of the opposing political faction. (13. July 1793)

William Carey reaches the Hooghly River. (9. November 1793)

Jean Sylvain Bailly, the first Mayor of Paris, is guillotined. (12. November 1793)

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