1693

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century–17th century–18th century
Decades:	1660s1670s1680s–1690s–1700s1710s1720s
Years:	169016911692–1693–169416951696

1693 in othercalendars

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	5Will.&Mar.– 6Will.&Mar.
Buddhist calendar	2237
Burmese calendar	1055
Byzantine calendar	7201–7202
Chinese calendar	Nhâm thânNăm(WaterMonkey) 4389 or 4329 — to — Quý dậu năm(WaterRooster) 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	Genroku6 ( nguyên lộc ６ năm )
Javanese calendar	1616–1617
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	4026
Minguo calendar	219 beforeROC Dân trước 219 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	225
Thai solar calendar	2235–2236
Tibetan calendar	Dương thủy năm con khỉ (male Water-Monkey) 1819 or 1438 or 666 — to — Âm thủy gà năm (female Water-Rooster) 1820 or 1439 or 667

1693(MDCXCIII) was acommon yearstarting on Thursdayof theGregorian calendarand acommon year starting on Sundayof theJulian calendar,the 1693rd year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 693rd year of the2nd millennium,the 93rd year of the17th century,and the 4th year of the1690sdecade. 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 11 –1693 Sicily earthquake:Mount Etnaerupts, causing a devastatingearthquakethat affects parts ofSicilyandMalta.
• February 8– TheCollege of William and MaryinWilliamsburg, Virginia,is granted aRoyal charterfrom KingWilliam IIIand QueenMary II of England.

Religion

• Some members of theAnabaptistmovement in Switzerland splits from the group to start theAmish.

Births

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