1693

Year 1693 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 10-day slower ).

Events of 1693




January - June

 * - Eruption of Mt..
 * - The in  is granted a Royal charter from  and  of.
 * - Forces of attack  (now ), the  capital.
 * - The town of is taken by invading French forces, and the castle is surrendered on.
 * May - After the castle is surrendered, French forces blow up the towers of using mines.

July - December

 * - The
 * – falls to the French forces

Undated

 * concentrates all its to  – European ships are forbidden to land anywhere else.
 * Sect of is formed.
 * are formed in.
 * is established in Ljubljana,.
 * Financier founds  in.
 * is founded in,.
 * The becomes.

Births

 * - Empress (died )
 * -, English actor (died )
 * -, Swiss theologian (died )
 * - (died )
 * -, English clockmaker (died )
 * -, English naturalist (died )
 * -, German theologian (died )
 * -, (died )
 * -, French composer (died )
 * -, British politician (died )
 * date unknown -, (died )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, French writer (born )
 * -, French writer (born )
 * -, French writer (born )
 * -, French courtier (born )
 * -, French writer (born )
 * -, English soldier and politician (born c.)
 * -, English admiral (born c.)
 * -, Slovenian nobleman and polymath (born )
 * -, Spanish theologian (born )
 * -, (born )


 * See also .