1693
Events January 11 - Eruption of Mt. Etna. February 8 - The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia is granted a charter July 29 - The Battle of Landen October 11 – Charleloi falls to the French forces China concentrates all its foreign trade to Canton – European ships are forbidden to land anywhere else Sect of Amish formed Knights of Apocalypse formed in ItalyAcademia operosorum Labacensis established in Ljubljana, Slovenia Financier Richard Hoare founds Hoare's Bank in London.
BirthsFebruary 7 - Princess Anna Ivanova Romanov later Empress Anna I of RussiaMarch 5 - Johann Jakob Wettstein, theologian, (d. 1754)March 7 - Pope Clement XIII (d. 1769)April 3 - George Edwards, naturalist (d. 1773)Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1768)
DeathsSeptember - Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian nobleman and polymathWilliam Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1616)
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