1793 Events

1793
to 1797
First Coalition
The First Coalition (1793–1797) was the first major concerted effort of multiple European powers to contain Revolutionary France. It took shape after the French Revolutionary Wars had alr...
1793
to 1796
War in the Vendee
The War in the Vendée (1793 to 1796) was a civil war and counterrevolution in the Vendée between suppressed Catholics and Royalists on the one hand and Republicans on the other, during th...
1793 Jan 3 Lucretia Coffin Mott Is Born
Political and social reformer Lucretia Coffin Mott was born on January 3, 1793 in Nantucket, Massachusetts to a Quaker family. Inspired by a father who encouraged his daughters to be use...
1793 Mar 4 George Washington's second inaugural address
President Washington's second oath of office was taken in the Senate Chamber of Congress Hall in Philadelphia on March 4, the date fixed by the Continental Congress for inaugurations. B...
1793 Mar 18 Battle of Neerwinden
The Battle of Neerwinden took place on (18 March 1793) near the village of Neerwinden in present-day Belgium between the Austrians under Prince Josias of Coburg and the French under Gener...
1793 Apr 6 Committee of Public Safety formed
The Committee of Public Safety (French: Comité de salut public), created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured July 1793, formed the de facto executive government...
1793 Jun
to 1794 Jul
The Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror (June, 1793 – July 27, 1794), also known as the The Terror (French: la Terreur) was a period of violence that occurred for one year and two months after the onset of t...
1793 Aug 23 "Levee en Masse" is declared in France
The first modern use levée en masse occurred during the French Revolutionary Wars. Under the Ancien Régime, there had been some conscription (by ballot) to a militia, milice, to supplemen...
1793 Sep 17 Law of Suspects
The Law of Suspects is a term which is used to refer to an enactment passed on September 17, 1793 during the course of the French Revolution. It allowed for the creation of revolutionary ...
1793 Sep 29 Convention Passes the General Maximum
General Maximum or The Law of the Maximum was a law created during the course of the French Revolution as an extension of the Law of Suspects on 29 September 1793. Its purpose was to set ...
1793 Oct 16 Marie Antoinette Is Executed
Marie Antoinette was declared guilty of treason in the early morning of 16 October, after two days of proceedings. The same day at 12:15 pm, two and a half weeks before her thirty-eighth ...
1793 Dec 5 The First Issue of Le Vieux Cordelier is Published
During the French Revolution, Le Vieux Cordelier was a journal of which seven issues were published, between 5 December 1793 and 25 January 1794. It was edited by Camille Desmoulins, who ...