1693

January 11: Mount Etna volcano erupts in Italy, leading to earthquake that kills 60,000 people.

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

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

  • OctoberWilliam Congreve's comedy The Double-Dealer is first performed in London.
  • October 4Battle of Marsaglia near Turin in the Duchy of Savoy: A French force under the command of General Nicolas Catinat defeats the Savoyard forces, leaving 10,000 dead or wounded, while sustaining only 1,000 casualties.
  • October 11Charleroi falls to French forces.
  • October 29 – The Great Storm changes the course of rivers and alters the coastline from Virginia to Long Island in America.
  • November 7King Charles II of Spain issues a royal edict providing sanctuary in Spanish Florida for escaped slaves from the English colony of South Carolina.
  • November 14 – General Santaji Ghorpade of the Maratha Empire in India is defeated by General Himmat Khan of the Mughal Empire near Vikramhalli, and retreats. A week later, after regrouping his troops, Santaji defeats Himmat at their next encounter.
  • November 21 – The 46-gun Royal Navy frigate HMS Mordaunt founders off of the coast of Cuba.
  • November 29 – A fleet of 30 English and Dutch ships captures the French port of Saint-Malo
  • December 16Diego de Vargas, Spanish colonial governor of Santa Fe de Nuevo México (now the area around the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico), returns to the walled city of Santa Fe and requests the Pueblo people to accept the authority of the colonial government. Negotiations fail and a siege begins on December 29. The Pueblo defenders surrender the next day and the 70 rebels are executed soon after. The 400 civilian women and children are made slaves and distributed to the Spanish colonists.
  • December 27 – The new 80-gun English Navy warship HMS Sussex departs Portsmouth on its maiden voyage, escorting a fleet of 48 warships and 166 merchant ships to the Mediterranean Sea. The fleet runs into a storm on February 27, 1694, and on March 1, Sussex and 12 other warships sink, along with a cargo of gold.

Date unknown

Births

Matthew Hutton (archbishop of Canterbury) born 3 January
José del Campillo born 13 February
Malhar Rao Holkar born 16 March
Mary Alexander born 16 April
Anne Sophie Reventlow born 16 April
Thomas Gent born 4 May
Diego de Torres Villarroel born 17 June
Christian August Hausen born 19 June
Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach born 13 September
Marie-Madeleine de Parabère born 6 October
Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon born 22 November
Nathaniel Appleton born 9 December

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Deaths

Mehmed IV died 6 January
Marguerite de la Sablière died 6 January
Federico Visconti died 7 January
John de Britto died 4 February
Constantin Cantemir died 24 March
Adriaantje Hollaer died 31 March
Roger de Rabutin, comte de Bussy died 9 April
Rutger von Ascheberg died 17 April
Madame de La Fayette died 25 May
Willem Kalf died 31 July
Flavio Chigi died 13 September
Bankei Yōtaku died 30 September
Theodor von Strattman died 25 October
Kyprian Zochovskyj died 26 October
Job Adriaenszoon Berckheyde died 23 November
Willem van de Velde the Elder died 13 December

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

References


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