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What Happened in August 1793

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Historical Events

  • Aug 1 France becomes 1st country to use the metric system
  • Aug 8 The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution.
  • Aug 10 Louvre palace officially opens in Paris as The Museum Central des Arts
  • Aug 12 The Rhône départment is created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire was split into two: Rhône and Loire (Lêre).
  • Aug 19 Yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, then the US capital has its 1st fatality. Lasts till November killing around 5,000 people

Levée en masse

Aug 23 French Revolution: The National Convention adopts the levée en masse, conscripting all able-bodied men between 18 and 25 for military service during the French Revolutionary Wars

Politician and Revolutionary Georges Danton
Enlightenment Philosopher Marquis de Condorcet
  • Aug 29 Slaves in French colony of St Domingue (Haiti) freed
Events in 1793

Famous Birthdays

  • Aug 10 Heinrich August Neithardt, German military bandleader (1816-40), choirmaster (Berlin Cathedral, 1843-61), and composer, born in Schleiz, Thuringia (now Germany) (d. 1861)
Born in 1793

Famous Deaths

  • Aug 22 Louis de Noailles, Marshal of France, dies at 80
  • Aug 28 Adam-Philippe Custine, French general (American Revolutionary War, French Army of the North), guillotined for treason during the Reign of Terror at 53


What Happened in 1793

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