What Happened In 1693 - Historical Events 1693

Historical Events for the Year 1693

11th January » 1693 Sicily earthquake called A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta.
8th February » The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia is granted a charter by William III of England or King William III and Mary II of England or Queen Mary II.
25th July » Ignacio de Maya founds the Real Santiago de las Sabinas, now known as Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Mexico.
4th October » Battle of Marsaglia: Piedmontese troops are defeated by the French.

28th January » Gregor Werner, Austrian composer (d. 1766)
7th February » Anna of Russia (d. 1740)
24th February » James Quin, English actor (d. 1766)
5th March » Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian and scholar (d. 1754)
7th March » Pope Clement XIII (d. 1769)
24th March » John Harrison, English carpenter and clockmaker, invented the Marine chronometer (d. 1776)
3rd April » George Edwards (naturalist) named George Edwards, English ornithologist (d. 1773)
16th April » Anne Sophie Reventlow, Danish wife of Frederick IV of Denmark (d. 1743)
17th June » Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (d. 1775)
21st July » Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1768)
8th August » Laurent Belissen, French composer (d. 1762)
3rd September » Charles Radclyffe, English politician (d. 1746)
28th October » Šimon Brixi, Czech composer (d. 1735)

6th January » Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan (b. 1642)
7th February » Paul Pellisson, French author (b. 1624)
13th February » Johann Kaspar Kerll, German organist and composer (b. 1627)
9th April » Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French author (b. 1618)
3rd May » Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French courtier (b. 1607)
25th May » Madame de La Fayette, French author (b. 1634)
2nd June » John Wildman, English soldier and politician, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom (b. 1621)
12th July » John Ashby (Royal Navy officer) e.g John Ashby, English admiral (b. 1640)
13th July » Hendrik Trajectinus, Count of Solms (b. 1636)
1st October » Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian and academic (b. 1619)