1693 Calendar
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1693 Historical Event(s)
January 11, 1693
– Mt. Etna erupts in Sicily, Italy. A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta.
February 8, 1693
– The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia is granted a charter by King William III and Queen Mary II.
July 25, 1693
– Ignacio de Maya founds the Real Santiago de las Sabinas, now known as Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, México.
July 29, 1693
– War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen – France wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands.
August 4, 1693
– Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon’s invention of Champagne, although he actually did not have anything to do with sparkling wine.
October 4, 1693
– Battle of Marsaglia: Piedmontese troops are defeated by the French.
Who Were Born On 1693?
February 7, 1693
– Empress Anna of Russia (d. 1740)
February 24, 1693
– James Quin, English actor (d. 1766)
March 5, 1693
– Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (d. 1754)
March 24, 1693
– John Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)
April 3, 1693
– George Edwards, English naturalist (d. 1773)
April 16, 1693
– Anne Sophie Reventlow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1743)
June 17, 1693
– Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (d. 1775)
July 21, 1693
– Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1768)
August 8, 1693
– Laurent Belissen, French composer (d. 1762)
September 3, 1693
– Charles Radclyffe, British politician (d. 1746)