WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO AUGUST 1793
Find out what all happened January to August 1793

The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo. (10. June 1793)

After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine. (21. January 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)

The Rhône and Loire départments are created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire is split into two. (12. August 1793)

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

French Revolutionary Wars: the city of Toulon revolts against the French Republic and admits the British and Spanish fleets to seize its port, leading to the Siege of Toulon by French Revolutionary forces. (27. August 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)

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)

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

French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship. (10. June 1793)

French Revolution: a levée en masse is decreed by the National Convention. (16. August 1793)

John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at Toronto, having sailed into the bay there. (29. July 1793)

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

Nicolas Jean Hugon de Bassville, representative of Revolutionary France, lynched by a mob in Rome (13. January 1793)

Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States. (9. January 1793)

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

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

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

Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for "about 360 meters", at a height of 5–6 meters, during one of the first attempted manned flights. (15. May 1793)