5th » French Revolution: Dechristianisation of France during the French Revolution called Christianity is disestablished in France.
12th » The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill known as University of North Carolina.
15th » 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.
16th » Marie Antoinette, widow of Louis XVI of France named Louis XVI, is guillotined at the height of the French Revolution.
16th » The Battle of Wattignies (1793) called Battle of Wattignies ends in a French First Republic known as French victory.
Famous Birthdays on October in 1793
4th » Charles Pearson, English lawyer and politician (d. 1862)
28th » Eliphalet Remington, American businessman, founded Remington Arms (d. 1861)
Famous Deaths for October 1793
7th » Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician, President of the Board of Trade (b. 1718)
8th » John Hancock, American merchant and politician, 1st Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1737)
9th » Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French missionary (b. 1718)