Famous People Who Died in October 1793

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

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

Oct 16 John Hunter, Scottish surgeon and founder of pathological anatomy in England, dies at 65
Oct 19 Francesc Morera i Cots, Valencian composer, dies at 62
Oct 21 Johann Ernst Hartmann, composer, dies at 66
Oct 31 Pierre-Victurnien Vergniaud, French politician and police leader, guillotined at 40