1693

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades:	1660s  1670s  1680s  – 1690s –  1700s  1710s  1720s
Years:	1690 1691 1692 – 1693 – 1694 1695 1696

The year 1693 was a common year which started on a Thursday.

Events

• 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

• Some members of the Anabaptist movement in Switzerland splits from the group to start the Amish.

Births

• February 7 – Empress Anna I of Russia (d. 1740)
• March 7 – Pope Clement XIII (d. 1769)
• March 24 – John Harrison, English clockmaker (d. 1776)