page_title: 1693
section_title: Births
hierarchical_section_title: 1693 / Births
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Gemälde des Uhrmachers John Harrison. Auf dem Bild sind hinter ihm seine 1726 erfundenen Pendeluhr und seine H3-Uhr auf dem Tisch neben ihm zu sehen. English: Portrait of John Harrison (1693-1776), English clockmaker
context_page_description: 1693 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1693rd year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 693rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 93rd year of the 17th century, and the 4th year of the 1690s decade. As of the start of 1693, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: February 7 – Empress Anna of Russia (d. 1740)
  February 24 – James Quin, English actor (d. 1766)
  March 5 – Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (d. 1754)
  March 7 – Pope Clement XIII (d. 1769)
  March 16 – Malhar Rao Holkar, Indian nobleman (d. 1766)
  March 24 – John Harrison, English clockmaker (d. 1776)
  April 3 – George Edwards, English naturalist (d. 1773)
  June 17 – Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (d. 1775)
  July 21 – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1768)
  August 8 – Laurent Belissen, French composer (d. 1762)
  September 3 – Charles Radclyffe, British politician (d. 1746)
  September 21 – Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1768)
caption: John Harrison
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