What Happened In December 1793 In History

Historical Events for December, 1793

• 18th » Surrender of the frigate 'La Lutine' by French Royalists to Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMS Lutine 1779 6, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.
• 23rd » The Battle of Savenay: a decisive defeat of the House of Bourbon known as royalist counter-revolutionaries in War in the Vendée during the French Revolution.
• 26th » Second Battle of Wissembourg (1793) called Second Battle of Wissembourg: France defeat Austria.
• 26th » The wedding of Prince Prince Louis Charles of Prussia called Friedrich Ludwig of Prussia and Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz takes place.

Famous Deaths for December 1793

• 7th » Joseph Bara, French soldier (b. 1779)
• 8th » Madame du Barry, French mistress of Louis XV of France (b. 1743)
• 9th » Yolande de Polastron, French-Austrian educator (b. 1749)

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