1693

Events
 January 11 – 1693 Sicily earthquake: Mount Etna erupts, causing a devastating earthquake that affects parts of Sicily and Malta.
 February 8 – The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, is granted a Royal charter from King William III and Queen Mary II of England.

Religion
 Some members of the Anabaptist movement in Switzerland splits from the group to start the Amish.

Births
 February 7 – Empress Anna I of Russia (d. 1740)
 March 7 – Pope Clement XIII (d. 1769)
 March 24 – John Harrison, English clockmaker (d. 1776)