1693
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| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1660s 1670s 1680s - 1690s - 1700s 1710s 1720s |
| Years: | 1690 1691 1692 - 1693 - 1694 1695 1696 |
| 1693 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1693 (MDCXCIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1693
[edit] January - June
- January 11 - Mount Etna erupts, causing a devasting earthquake that affects parts of Sicily and Malta.
- February 8 - The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia is granted a Royal charter from King William III and Queen Mary II of England.
- May 18 - Forces of Louis XIV of France attack Heidelberg (now Germany), the Palatine capital.
- May 22 - The town of Heidelberg is taken by invading French forces, and the castle is surrendered on May 23.
- May - After the castle is surrendered, French forces blow up the towers of Heidelberg Castle using mines.
[edit] July - December
- July 29 - The Battle of Landen
- October 11 - Charleroi falls to the French forces
[edit] Undated
- China concentrates all its foreign trade on Canton; European ships are forbidden to land anywhere else.
- The Mennonite Amish sect is formed.
- The Knights of the Apocalypse are formed in Italy.
- The Academia operosorum Labacensis is established in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- Financier Richard Hoare founds Hoare's Bank in London.
- The Royal Hospital School is founded in Greenwich, London.
- The Dodo becomes extinct.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1693 MDCXCIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2446 |
| Armenian calendar | 1142 ԹՎ ՌՃԽԲ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -151 – -150 |
| Berber calendar | 2643 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2237 |
| Burmese calendar | 1055 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7201 – 7202 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬申年十一月廿五日 (4329/4389-11-25) — to —
癸酉年十二月初五日(4330/4390-12-5) |
| Coptic calendar | 1409 – 1410 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1685 – 1686 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5453 – 5454 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1748 – 1749 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1615 – 1616 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4794 – 4795 |
| Holocene calendar | 11693 |
| Iranian calendar | 1071 – 1072 |
| Islamic calendar | 1104 – 1105 |
| Japanese calendar | Genroku 6 (元禄6年) |
| Korean calendar | 4026 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2236 |
- February 7 - Empress Anna I of Russia (d. 1740)
- February 24 - James Quin, English actor (d. 1766)
- March 5 - Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (d. 1754)
- March 7 - Pope Clement XIII (d. 1769)
- March 24 - John Harrison, English clockmaker (d. 1776)
- April 3 - George Edwards, English naturalist (d. 1773)
- June 17 - Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (d. 1775)
- July 21 - Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1768)
- August 8 - Laurent Belissen, French composer (d. 1762)
- September 3 - Charles Radclyffe, British politician (d. 1746)
- date unknown - Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1768)
- See also Category: 1693 births.
[edit] Deaths
- February 7 - Paul Pellisson, French writer (b. 1624)
- April 5 - Anne, Duchess of Montpensier, French writer (b. 1627)
- April 9 - Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French writer (b. 1618)
- May 3 - Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French courtier (b. 1607)
- May 25 - Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de la Fayette, French writer (b. 1634)
- June 2 - John Wildman, English soldier and politician (b. c. 1621)
- July 12 - John Ashby, English admiral (b. c. 1640)
- September 19 - Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian nobleman and polymath (b. 1641)
- October 1 - Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian (b. 1619)
- November 24 - William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1616)
- See also Category: 1693 deaths.
