1693

Events

   * Academia operosorum Labacensis established in Ljubljana, Slovenia
   * College of William and Mary founded in Williamsburg, Virginia
   * 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

Births

   * February 7 - Princess Anna Ivanova Romanov later Empress Anna I of
     Russia

Deaths

   * September - Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian nobleman and polymath