What Happened in October 1793

Historical Events

Oct 3 A warrant is issued for the arrest of French mathematician and philosopher Marquis de Condorcet forcing him into hiding

Oct 5 French Revolution: Christianity is disestablished in France.

Oct 16 Battle of Wattignies: French defeat Allied forces and lift siege of Maubeuge

Oct 28 Eli Whitney applies for a patent for his cotton gin machine, used to pull cotton fibers from the seed [1]

Oct 28 Eliphalet Remington, American firearms manufacturer (Remington Arms Co., L.L.C.), born in Suffield, Connecticut (d. 1861)

Oct 8 American merchant and statesman who was 1st to sign the Declaration of Independence, dies at 56

Oct 9 Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French missionary (b. 1718)
Oct 16 John Hunter, Scottish surgeon and founder of pathological anatomy in England, dies at 65

Oct 16 Queen of France (1774-92) who allegedly uttered the phrase "let them eat cake", beheaded at 37

Oct 19 Francesc Morera i Cots, Valencian composer, dies at 62
Oct 21 Johann Ernst Hartmann, Danish violinist and composer, dies at 66
Oct 31 Pierre-Victurnien Vergniaud, French politician and police leader, guillotined at 40