1893
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1860s 1870s 1880s – 1890s – 1900s 1910s 1920s |
| Years: | 1890 1891 1892 – 1893 – 1894 1895 1896 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1893 MDCCCXCIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2646 |
| Armenian calendar | 1342 ԹՎ ՌՅԽԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6643 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 49–50 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1814–1815 |
| Bengali calendar | 1300 |
| Berber calendar | 2843 |
| British Regnal year | 56 Vict. 1 – 57 Vict. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2437 |
| Burmese calendar | 1255 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7401–7402 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 4589 or 4529 — to — 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 4590 or 4530 |
| Coptic calendar | 1609–1610 |
| Discordian calendar | 3059 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1885–1886 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5653–5654 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1949–1950 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1814–1815 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4993–4994 |
| Holocene calendar | 11893 |
| Igbo calendar | 893–894 |
| Iranian calendar | 1271–1272 |
| Islamic calendar | 1310–1311 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiji 26 (明治２６年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1822–1823 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4226 |
| Minguo calendar | 19 before ROC 民前19年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 425 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2435–2436 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水龙年 (male Water-Dragon) 2019 or 1638 or 866 — to — 阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) 2020 or 1639 or 867 |
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1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday in the Julian calendar.
Events
[change | change source]- January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers.
- February 1 – Thomas Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
- February 24 – The American University is established in Washington, D.C.
- March 10 – Ivory Coast becomes a French colony.
- September 11 – Swami Vivekananda began his first conference in Parliament of World's Religions.
Births
[change | change source]- January 1 – Minoru Sasaki, Japanese general
- January 5 – Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru
- January 10 – Vicente Huidobro, Chilean poet
- March 11 – Wanda Gág, American children's author and artist
- March 18 – Wilfred Owen, English poet, soldier
- March 19 – José María Velasco Ibarra, 24th President of Ecuador
- June 29 – Aarre Merikanto, Finnish composer
- July 31 – Fatima Jinnah, founder of Pakistan
- August 17 – Mae West, American actress