What Happened In January 1793 In History

Historical Events for January, 1793

• 9th » Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
• 13th » Nicolas Jean Hugon de Bassville, representative of Revolutionary France, lynched by a mob in Rome
• 21st » After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
• 23rd » Second Partition of Poland.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1793

• 3rd » Lucretia Mott, American activist (d. 1880)
• 5th » Harvey Putnam, American politician (d. 1855)
• 6th » James Madison Porter, American politician, 18th United States Secretary of War (d. 1862)
• 14th » John C. Clark, American politician (d. 1852)
• 17th » Antonio José Martínez, Spanish-American priest, rancher and politician (d. 1867)

Famous Deaths for January 1793

• 1st » Francesco Guardi, Venetian painter (b. 1712)
• 21st » Louis XVI of France (b. 1754)

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