in 1793, the HMS Mississauga prepared to sail for present-day Toronto, where John Graves Simcoe would soon envision a future fort and settlement named York.

His wife Elizabeth detailed the journey in her diary.

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Théroigne de and Charlotte The Political Activist and the Actress - Théroigne de Méricourt was a political activist during the In 1793, she composed a series of placards that called for ... https://t.co/BpbvYMa86b

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Antonio Canova, Psyché ranimée par le baiser de l’Amour, 1787-1793, Marbre, Paris, Musée du Louvre.

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Le 20 janvier 1793, Louis XVI apprend qu'il est condamné à mort.
Il demande un délai de trois jours afin de se préparer mais la requête lui est refusée.
Le roi fait ses adieux à sa famille. Il dit à son fils : « Promettez-moi de ne jamais songer à venger ma mort. »

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8 December 1793, Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry, is guillotined in Paris. She was the last mistress of Louis XV and her last words apparently were "De grâce, monsieur le bourreau, encore un petit moment!".

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16 de octubre de 1793, muere guillotinada María Antonieta de Austria, Reina de Francia y esposa de Luis XVI.

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in 1793, His Majesty’s Ship Mississauga prepared to sail for present-day Toronto, where John Graves Simcoe would envision a future fort and settlement named York.

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in 1793, Charlotte Corday assassinated French revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat, because she believed he was too radical. She was executed by guillotine four days later. At her trial she apparently said: “I have killed one man to save 100,000.” https://t.co/nIcErFXrjz

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➡️Artiste peignant le portrait d'une musicienne, vers 1790
➡️Marguerite Gérard, F. Dumont
1793, miniature sur ivoire
➡️La Lecture, vers 1795.
Marguerite Gérard (1761-1837), artiste peintre frçse
1775: apprentissage chez sa sœur et son beau-frère le peintre Jean-Honoré Fragonard.

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de 1793, en Francia comienza el arresto de los girondinos (grupo político moderado y federalista de la Asamblea Legislativa y de la Convención Nacional francesa).

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Alle ore 12:15 del 16 ottobre 1793, Maria Antonietta moriva.
“ Oscar... Perchè piangete come se ci vedessimo per l'ultima volta Oscar...
Io Spero di rivedervi..."

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Onthisday in 1793, the Reign of Terror began.

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in 1793, over a year after Mozart's death, the completed Requiem received its first public performance

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