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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of literature during 1793. ==Events== *February 7 - The day after the death in Paris in poverty of Venetian-born playwright Carlo Goldoni, the National Convention votes to restore his French state pension which has been suspended as a result of the French Revolution; it is given to his widow. *June 1 - Reign of Terror (French Revolution): Girondist Madame Roland is arrested for treason. She writes ''Appel à l'impartiale postérité'' in prison before being guillotined on November 8. *Summer - William Wordsworth tours western England and Wales (passing by Tintern Abbey). His first poems, ''An Evening Walk'' and ''Descriptive Sketches'' are published this year. *October–November - Reign of Terror (French Revolution): English writer Helen Maria Williams is imprisoned with her family in the Luxembourg Palace and later in the Convent des Anglaises in Paris where she continues her work on translations of French-language works into English, including what will prove to be a popular version of Bernardin St. Pierre's novel ''Paul et Virginie'' (1788), to which she appends her own prison sonnets. *November 2 - Reign of Terror (French Revolution): French dramatist Olympe de Gouges is sentenced to death by a revolutionary tribunal. Both she and her prosecutors quote the manuscript of her unfinished play ''La France Sauvée'' in evidence. *December 9 - New York City's first daily newspaper, the ''American Minerva'', is established by Noah Webster. *James Lackington opens his "Temple of the Muses" bookstore in Finsbury Square, London. *The Royal Library, Denmark, is opened to the public. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1793 in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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