1693
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This article is about the year 1693.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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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 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1693 MDCXCIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2446 |
| Armenian calendar | 1142 ԹՎ ՌՃԽԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6443 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -151–-150 |
| Bengali calendar | 1100 |
| Berber calendar | 2643 |
| English Regnal year | 5 Will. & Mar. – 6 Will. & Mar. |
| 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 | 1749–1750 |
| - 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 |
| Minguo calendar | 219 before ROC 民前219年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2236 |
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Year 1693 (MDCXCIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] January–June
- January 11 – Mount Etna erupts, causing a devastating 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] Date unknown
- 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.
- John Locke publishes his influential book Some Thoughts Concerning Education.[1]
[edit] Births
- 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)
[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 – Madame 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)
[edit] References
- ^ Cunningham, Hugh. "Re-inventing childhood". open2.net. Open University. http://www.open2.net/theinventionofchildhood/childhood_inventions.html. Retrieved 2010-06-16.
