Born and died in 1793

Argentine politician and army officer, known as the "Restorer of the Laws," who governed Buenos Aires Province and briefly the Argentine Confederation

American statesman and military general who led the Texas Revolution, served as president of the Republic of Texas, and was the only person to be elected governor of two different U.S. states

French revolutionary, writer, and salonnière whose intelligence and political acumen influenced the Girondin faction, leaving a legacy through her insightful memoirs

French playwright and political activist who championed women's rights and abolitionism, famously authoring the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen

Last Queen of France before the French Revolution, executed during the Reign of Terror in 1793

French aristocrat who assassinated radical Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat to halt the French Revolution's escalating violence

Physician, politician, and radical journalist during the French Revolution, known for his publication L'Ami du peuple and defense of the sans-culottes

Italian playwright and librettist celebrated for his witty comedies that mirrored the lives and values of 18th-century Venetian society

The last King of France before the French Revolution, reigning as King of France and Navarre, and later King of the French, during a period of immense political and social change