1693
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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 |
Gregorian calendar | 1693 MDCXCIII |
Ab urbe condita | 2446 |
Armenian calendar | 1142 ԹՎ ՌՃԽԲ |
Assyrian calendar | 6443 |
Balinese saka calendar | 1614–1615 |
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 (Water Monkey) 4389 or 4329 — to — 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 4390 or 4330 |
Coptic calendar | 1409–1410 |
Discordian calendar | 2859 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1685–1686 |
Hebrew calendar | 5453–5454 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1749–1750 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1614–1615 |
- Kali Yuga | 4793–4794 |
Holocene calendar | 11693 |
Igbo calendar | 693–694 |
Iranian calendar | 1071–1072 |
Islamic calendar | 1104–1105 |
Japanese calendar | Genroku 6 (元禄6年) |
Javanese calendar | 1616–1617 |
Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
Korean calendar | 4026 |
Minguo calendar | 219 before ROC 民前219年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | 225 |
Thai solar calendar | 2235–2236 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳水猴年 (male Water-Monkey) 1819 or 1438 or 666 — to — 阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) 1820 or 1439 or 667 |
1693 (MDCXCIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1693rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 693rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 93rd year of the 17th century, and the 4th year of the 1690s decade. As of the start of 1693, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
[change | change source]- January 11 – 1693 Sicily earthquake: 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.
Religion
[change | change source]- Some members of the Anabaptist movement in Switzerland splits from the group to start the Amish.
Births
[change | change source]- February 7 – Empress Anna I of Russia (d. 1740)
- March 7 – Pope Clement XIII (d. 1769)
- March 24 – John Harrison, English clockmaker (d. 1776)