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| − | * As a result of the [[French Revolution]], King Louis XVI is executed in Paris, on '''January 21, 1793'''. See the image: [ | + | * As a result of the [[French Revolution]], King Louis XVI is executed in Paris, on '''January 21, 1793'''. See the image: [[:Image:louis_xvi_execution.jpg|Execution of Louis XVI]]. |
==February== | ==February== | ||
Revision as of 06:17, 17 January 2006
In 1793 Jean Kina's Corps enters British pay.
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January
- As a result of the French Revolution, King Louis XVI is executed in Paris, on January 21, 1793. See the image: Execution of Louis XVI.
February
- Toussaint and troops begin fighting for Spain and Governor-General Gilbaud flees the Saint-Domingue civil war with 10,000 white refugees and 100 ships, bound for Baltimore.
August
- On August 29, 1793 French commissioner Léger Félicité Sonthonax issues a decree to abolish slavery in the northern part of Saint-Domingue under his control.
November
- On November 5, 1793 Léger Félicité Sonthonax publishes his Broadside defending his decree to abolish slavery in the colony.
