Notable Historical Events - 1693
1693 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 11 |
Mt Etna in Sicily erupts |
Feb 6 |
Royal charter granted College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Va |
Feb 8 |
William & Mary college is chartered in the Dominion and Colony of Virginia (2nd in North America) |
Feb 13 |
College of William & Mary opens in Virginia |
Apr 1 |
Cotton Mather's four-day-old son dies, and witchcraft is blamed |
Jun 27 |
1st sea battle of Lagos: a French fleet under Anne Hilarion de Tourville defeated an Anglo-Dutch fleet under George Rooke |
Jun 27 |
1st woman's magazine "Ladies' Mercury" published (London) |
Jul 4 |
Battle at Boussu-lez-Walcourt: French-English vs Dutch army |
Jul 8 |
NYC authorizes 1st police uniforms in American colonies |
Jul 25 |
Ignacio de Maya founds the Real Santiago de las Sabinas, now known as Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, México. |
Jul 29 |
War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen/Neerwinden - France wins Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands. |
Aug 4 |
Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon's invention of Champagne |
Oct 4 |
Battle of Marsaglia: Piedmontese troops are defeated by the French. |
Oct 5 |
Haarlem people's revolution due to food shortages |
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