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=== January–June === * [[January 7]] – The [[Ebel riot]] occurs in Sweden. * [[January 9]] – [[Jean-Pierre Blanchard]] becomes the first to fly in a [[gas balloon]] in the [[United States]]. * [[January 13]] – [[Nicolas Jean Hugon de Bassville]], a representative of [[Revolutionary France]], is lynched by a mob in Rome. * [[January 21]] – [[French Revolution]]: After being found guilty of treason by the French [[National Convention]], ''Citizen Capet'', [[Louis XVI of France]], is [[guillotine]]d in Paris.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Louis XVI|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/349122/Louis-XVI|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|date=August 8, 2023 }}</ref> * [[January 23]] – [[Second Partition of Poland]]: The [[Russian Empire]] and the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] [[Partition (politics)|partition]] the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]]. * [[February]] – In [[Manchester, Vermont]], the wife of a captain falls ill, probably with tuberculosis. Some locals believe that the cause of her illness is that a demon vampire is sucking her blood. As a cure, Timothy Mead burns the heart of a deceased person in front of a crowd of a few hundred people.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-new-england-vampire-panic-36482878/|title=The Great New England Vampire Panic|journal=[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]]|first=Abigail|last=Tucker|date=October 2012|access-date=2020-09-01}}</ref> * [[February 1]] – [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: The [[French First Republic]] declares war on [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]], the [[Dutch Republic]] and (on March 7) [[Spain]].<ref name="TPC1793">{{cite book|chapter=1793|title=The People's Chronology|editor=Everett, Jason M.|publisher=Thomson Gale|year=2006}}</ref> During the year, the [[War of the First Coalition]] is joined by [[Kingdom of Portugal|Portugal]], the [[Holy Roman Empire]], [[Kingdom of Naples|Naples]] and [[Grand Duchy of Tuscany|Tuscany]] in opposition to France. * [[February 11]] – [[French expedition to Sardinia]] ''(Expédition de Sardaigne)'': A French fleet under [[Laurent Jean François Truguet|admiral Laurent Truguet]] debarks troops near [[Cagliari]] in [[Sardinia]]. * [[February 22]] – French expedition to Sardinia: A small French and Corsican force briefly occupies the small Sardinian island of [[La Maddalena]], then withdraws to Corsica. 23-year-old lieutenant [[Napoleon Buonaparte]] is second-in-command. * [[February 25]] – [[George Washington]] holds the first [[Cabinet (government)|Cabinet]] meeting as President of the United States. * [[February 27]] – The Giles Resolutions are introduced to the [[United States House of Representatives]], asking the House to condemn [[Alexander Hamilton]]'s handling of loans. * [[March 1]]–[[March 3|3]] – [[John Langdon (politician)|John Langdon]] serves as [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate]]. * [[March 4]] – [[George Washington]] is [[Second inauguration of George Washington|sworn in]] as the president of the United States in [[Philadelphia]], for his second term.<ref name="Harper1793">''Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909'', ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p170 </ref> * [[March 5]] – French troops are defeated by Austrian forces, and [[Liège]] is recaptured. * [[March 18]] ** [[Battle of Neerwinden (1793)|Second Battle of Neerwinden]]: A coalition army of [[Habsburg monarchy]] and [[Dutch Republic]] troops repulses attacks from French Republican forces, near [[Neerwinden]], Flemish Brabant. ** The first [[republic]]an state in Germany, the [[Republic of Mainz]], is declared by [[Andreas Joseph Hofmann]]. * [[April 6]] – [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: The [[Committee of Public Safety]] is established in France, with [[Georges Danton]] as its head. * [[April 9]] – [[Edmond-Charles Genêt]], France's new Minister to the United States, arrives at [[Charleston, South Carolina]].<ref name="Harper1793"/> * [[April 22]] – [[George Washington]] signs the [[Neutrality Proclamation]].<ref name="Harper1793"/> * [[April 25]] – The pioneer parishes of [[New Orleans]] and [[Louisiana (New Spain)|Louisiana]] are erected, as well as incorporated into the Roman Catholic [[Diocese of Louisiana and the Two Floridas]]. * [[May 25]] – [[Expédition de Sardaigne|French expedition to Sardinia]]: The last French troops occupying the small Sardinian island of [[San Pietro Island|San Pietro]] surrender to a Spanish fleet. * [[May 31]] – [[French Revolution]]: Regular troops under [[François Hanriot]] demand that the [[Girondins]] be expelled from the National Convention. * [[June]] – The [[Macartney Embassy]], a British diplomatic mission to China led by [[George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney]], reaches [[Guangzhou|Canton]], but will be rebuffed by the [[Qianlong Emperor]].<ref name="TPC1793"/> * [[June 2]] – [[French Revolution]]: The [[Girondins]] are overthrown in France. * [[June 10]] – [[French Revolution]]: The [[Jardin des Plantes]] and the [[Muséum national d'histoire naturelle]] are created by the National Convention. The museum opens in Paris the following year, and the garden houses one of the first public [[zoo]]s. * [[June 20]]–[[June 22|22]] – [[Haitian Revolution]]: [[Battle of Cap-Français (1793)|Battle of Cap-Français]] – French Republican troops and black slave insurgents defeat Royalist and slave owner settlers.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bell|first=Madison Smartt|author-link=Madison Smartt Bell|title=Toussaint Louverture|publisher=[[Actes Sud]]|year=2007|page=77}}</ref> * [[June 21]] – The town of [[Hamilton, Massachusetts]], is incorporated.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hamiltonma.gov/|title=Town of Hamilton|website=Town of Hamilton, MA}}</ref>
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