1793

January 9 - Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fly in a balloon in the United States.
January 21 - After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France is guillotined.
January 2 - Russia and Prussia partition Poland
February 1 - France declares war on England, the Netherlands (see French Revolutionary Wars)
February 25 - George Washington holds the first Cabinet meeting as President of the United States.
March 5 - French troops are defeated by Austrian forces and Liege is recaptured.
July 9 - Act Against Slavery passed in Upper Canada.
July 22 - Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing north of Mexico.
July 29 - John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at Toronto, having sailed into the bay there.
September 5 - In France, the French National Convention votes to implement terror measures to repress French Revolutionary activities. The ensuing "Reign of Terror" will last until the spring of 1794 and kill 35,000-40,000 people.
October 12 - The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The 12th of October is now celebrated at the University as University Day.
November 8 - In Paris, the French Revolutionary government opens the Louvre to the public as a museum.

Ongoing events

January 3 - Lucretia Mott, women's rights activist and abolitionist
March 2 - Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas (+ 1863)
March 4 - Karl Lachmann, philologist (+ 1851).
April 19 - Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria
Constantine Kanaris, Greek freedom fighter, Admiral and politician.(Other possible year of birth is 1795).