Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1893. This year saw 99 significant events. 15 notable figures were born. 6 notable figures passed away.
The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, UChi, or U of C) is a private research university in the Hyde Park community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The university is composed of an...
British poet and writer Rudyard Kipling (26) weds Carrie Balestier (29) at All Souls Church in Langham Place, London, England; writer. Henry James gave away the bride
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman.
Panic of 1893 causes a large crash on the NY Stock Exchange
Henri Desgrange establishes world's 1st bicycle world record, travelling 35.325 km (21.95 miles) an hour
British Prince George Duke of York (later George V) marries Princess Victoria of Teck (Queen Mary) at St James's Palace
Surgeon Daniel Hale Williams performs the first successful open-heart surgery when he repairs the torn pericardium of knife wound patient James Cornish, without the use of penicillin or blood transfusion [1]
Microbiologist Robert Koch (49) weds actress Hedwig Freiberg (20)
New Zealand becomes the first country to grant all women the right to vote
American education pioneer, and two-time widower Booker T. Washington (37) weds third wife, American educator Margaret James Murray (28), until his death in 1915
Women's suffrage was an important political issue in the late-nineteenth-century New Zealand.
The Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178 (Czech: Symfonie č.
Opera "Hansel and Gretel" by Engelbert Humperdinck and his sister Adelheid Wette premieres in Weimar, conducted by Richard Strauss
First US commemorative and first US stamp to picture a woman is issued with Queen Isabella, patron of Columbus, and Christopher Columbus
US President Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy
Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast
Hermann Sudermanns' play "Heimat" premieres in Berlin
The Independent Labour Party (ILP) was a British political party of the left, established in 1893 at a conference in Bradford, after local and national dissatisfaction with the Liberals' apparent...
-17°F (-27°C), Millsboro, Delaware (state record)
The Master Builder (Norwegian: Bygmester Solness) is a play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.
Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate (now Botswana)
Edward Mcdowell's "Hamlet & Ophelia" premieres in Boston
"Westminster Gazette" begins publishing
Riccardo Drigo's ballet "La Flûte magique" premieres by the Imperial Mariinsky Ballet in St Petersburg, Russian Empire, conducted by the composer
Alfred Naess skates world record 500m (49.4 sec)
Vanderbilt University claims it participated in the first organised intercollegiate basketball game at the Nashville YMCA Gymnasium; Vanderbilt beats YMCA, 9-3
Canal builder De Lesseps & others sentenced to prison for fraud
The American University is chartered by an act of the Congress of the United States of America
2 Clydesdale horses set record by pulling 48 tons on a sledge, in Michigan
Edward Acheson of Pennsylvania, patents an abrasive he names "carborundum" (Silicon carbide)
Diplomatic Appropriation Act, authorizes the US rank of ambassador
1st US federal railroad legislation passed; required safety features
US Congress authorizes 1st federal road agency, in Department of Agriculture
The Congo Free State (CFS), also known as the Independent State of the Congo, was a large state and absolute monarchy in Central Africa from 1885 to 1908.
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa.
Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup (Stanley Cup): Montreal Hockey Club claim inaugural trophy after finishing top of final Amateur Hockey Association of Canada standings with a 7–1–0 record
Thomas F. Bayard becomes 1st US ambassador in Great Britain
1st NSW v Queensland F-C game, at Brisbane Exhibition Ground
Cleveland passes Park Act (forerunner of Metroparks)
Andy Bowen & Jack Burke box 7 hrs 19 mins to no decision (111 rounds)
The Critic reports that ice cream soda is America's national drink
"Massacre of Hoornkrans": Curt von François, colonial Governor of German South West Africa (now Nambia), leads attack by 225 Schutztruppe soldiers on Nama leader Hendrik Witbooi's headquarters at Hoornkrans; shelling of the village causes tremendous civilian casualties. Witbooi escapes and wages sev
Francis Dhanis army occupies Kasongo
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County.
Richard "King Dick" Seddon succeeds John Balance as premier of New Zealand and leader of Liberal Party
World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the "New World"
Cowboy Bill Pickett invents bulldogging, the skill of grabbing cattle by the horns and wrestling them to the ground
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of 9.1 million people in 2024.
Heavy rain washes "quick clay" into a deep valley killing 111 in Norway
The Ottawa Senators were an ice hockey team based in Ottawa, which existed from 1883 to 1954.
Audath Yisroel forms at Kattowitz (Katowice) Poland
Falstaff is a comic opera in three acts by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian-language libretto was adapted by Arrigo Boito from the play The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from...
German-American F.W. Rueckheim introduces "Cracker Jack" brand snack food consisting of caramel-coated popcorn and peanuts
The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 1 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher...
British fleet under Vice Admiral George Tryon leaves Beirut
Great stock crash on NY stock exchange
The Excelsior Diamond is a gem-quality diamond, and was the largest known diamond in the world from the time of its discovery in 1893 until 1905, when the Cullinan Diamond was found.
San Francisco Bay City Club opens 1st US bicycle race track, made of wood
The small town of Pomeroy, Iowa, is nearly destroyed by a tornado that kills 71 people and injures 200
A revolution led by the liberal general and politician, José Santos Zelaya, takes over state power in Nicaragua
Germany Army Bill is ratified
Arthur Shrewsbury (11 April 1856 – 19 May 1903) was an English cricketer and rugby football administrator. He was widely rated as competing with W. G.
Australian Harry Graham scores 107 on cricket debut Australia v England, Lord's
Katharine Lee Bates (August 12, 1859 – March 28, 1929) was an American author and poet, chiefly remembered for her anthem "America the Beautiful", but also for her many books and articles on social...
For the only time in the history of the US Tennis Championships, an event is held off the Eastern Seaboard: the Men's Doubles Championship in Chicago
Gaelic League is founded by Douglas Hyde and Eoin MacNeill in order to encourage Irish people to speak the language and take a greater interest in their culture
53rd US Congress (1893-95) convenes with a continued Democratic majority
First US bowling magazine, Gut Holz, is published in New York
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years.
France introduces motor vehicle registration, including a driving test
The US is no longer allowed exclusive rights in the Bering Sea
Shechita (ritual slaughtering) prohibited in Switzerland
Tornado destroys the coast of Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina; about 1,000 people die
Gladstones' Second Home Rule Bill for Ireland passes in the House of Commons but vetoed by The House of Lords by 419 votes to 41
"Svoboda," the oldest existing Ukrainian newspaper, is founded as a weekly publication by Father Hryhorii Hrushka in Jersey City, New Jersey, and expands to a daily in 1921
"Svoboda", Ukrainian language weekly newspaper founded by Father Hryhorii Hrushka, in Jersey City, New Jersey; expands to daily in 1921, reverts to weekly in 1998
The Territory of Oklahoma was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 2, 1890, until November 16, 1907, when it was joined with the Indian Territory under a new...
The first gasoline-powered car debuts in Springfield, Massachusetts
Frank Duryea drives the first American-made gas-propelled vehicle
Cheniere Caminada hurricane (Great October Storm) is the third worst hurricane in US history and one of the first to be classified as a Category 4 storm, killing 1,800 people in Louisiana
Cream of Wheat is an American brand of farina, a type of breakfast porridge mix made from wheat middlings.
Vigilant (US) beats Valkyrie II (UK) in 9th America's Cup, in New York
George Edwarde's "Gaiety Girl" premieres in London
C. Dazey's "In Old Kentucky" premieres in NYC (27 seasons)
Battle of Shangani, Matabeleland: Dr Jameson beats Ndebeles
Hurricane hits coast between Savannah, Georgia & Charleston, South Carlolina
Mayor of Chicago Carter Harrison III is assassinated at home by a disgruntled supporter, Patrick Eugene Prendergast
US Senate approves repealing Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890
Bulawayo (; Northern Ndebele: Bulawayo) is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, and the largest city in the country's Matabeleland region.
Women's suffrage, or the right of women to vote, was established in the United States over the course of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, first in various states and localities, then...
The treaty of the Durand Line is signed between present day Pakistan and Afghanistan - the Durand Line has gained international recognition as an international border between the two sister nations.
Ziqiang Institute (Wuhan University) is founded by Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei and Hunan provinces in China's Qing Dynasty
Electric car built at the Dixon Carriage works in Toronto, could go 15 miles between charges
11 fishing ships wash up at Wadden Sea, 22 killed
Preview performance of Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 - "New World Symphony" draws a crowd to Carnegie Hall, New York City [1]
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world, spanning eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries.
1st state anti-lynching statute approved, in Georgia
French lieutenant Boiteux annexes Tumbuktu
Russia signs military accord with France
Bill Tilden, American athlete, known for american tennis player, was born on 1893-02-10.
Omar Bradley united states army general, known for united states army general, was born on 1893-02-12.
Wilfred Owen, English poet and soldier, known for english poet and soldier, was born on 1893-03-18. Wilfred Edward Salter Owen (18 March 1893 – 4 November 1918) was an English poet and soldier.
Clas Thunberg is born
Walter Ulbricht is born
Harlow Curtice is born
Mae West, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1893-08-17. Mary Jane "Mae" West (August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American actress, singer, comedian, screenwriter, and…
Huey Long politician, known for american politician, was born on 1893-08-30. Huey Pierce Long Jr.
Sidney Holland is born
Merian C. Cooper is born
Piet Moeskops, Dutch athlete, known for dutch cyclist, was born on 1893-11-14. Pieter Daniel Moeskops (13 November 1893 – 16 November 1964) was a Dutch cyclist, who won the UCI Track Cycling World…
Hermann Goering, German nazi politician and military leader, known for german nazi politician and military leader, was born on 1893-01-12.
Raymond Dart, Australian anatomist and anthropologist, known for australian anatomist and anthropologist, was born on 1893-02-04.
Allen Dulles is born
Draža Mihailović, Serbian leader of the chetniks in wwii, known for leader of the chetniks in wwii, was born on 1893-04-27.
Benjamin Butler, American general and politician, known for american general and politician, died on 1893-01-11.
Rutherford B. Hayes dies
Mary Ann Shadd Cary dies
Edwin Booth, American actor, known for american actor, died on 1893-06-07. Edwin Thomas Booth (November 13, 1833 – June 7, 1893) was an American stage actor and theatrical manager who toured…
Leland Stanford dies
Guy de Maupassant, French writer, known for french writer, died on 1893-07-06. Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a 19th-century French author, celebrated as a master of the short story, as well…
The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, UChi, or U of C) is a private research university in the Hyde Park community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The university is composed of an...
British poet and writer Rudyard Kipling (26) weds Carrie Balestier (29) at All Souls Church in Langham Place, London, England; writer. Henry James gave away the bride
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman.
Panic of 1893 causes a large crash on the NY Stock Exchange
Henri Desgrange establishes world's 1st bicycle world record, travelling 35.325 km (21.95 miles) an hour
British Prince George Duke of York (later George V) marries Princess Victoria of Teck (Queen Mary) at St James's Palace
Surgeon Daniel Hale Williams performs the first successful open-heart surgery when he repairs the torn pericardium of knife wound patient James Cornish, without the use of penicillin or blood transfusion [1]
Microbiologist Robert Koch (49) weds actress Hedwig Freiberg (20)
New Zealand becomes the first country to grant all women the right to vote
American education pioneer, and two-time widower Booker T. Washington (37) weds third wife, American educator Margaret James Murray (28), until his death in 1915
Women's suffrage was an important political issue in the late-nineteenth-century New Zealand.
The Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178 (Czech: Symfonie č.
Opera "Hansel and Gretel" by Engelbert Humperdinck and his sister Adelheid Wette premieres in Weimar, conducted by Richard Strauss
First US commemorative and first US stamp to picture a woman is issued with Queen Isabella, patron of Columbus, and Christopher Columbus
US President Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy
Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast
Hermann Sudermanns' play "Heimat" premieres in Berlin
The Independent Labour Party (ILP) was a British political party of the left, established in 1893 at a conference in Bradford, after local and national dissatisfaction with the Liberals' apparent...
-17°F (-27°C), Millsboro, Delaware (state record)
The Master Builder (Norwegian: Bygmester Solness) is a play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.
Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate (now Botswana)
Edward Mcdowell's "Hamlet & Ophelia" premieres in Boston
"Westminster Gazette" begins publishing
Riccardo Drigo's ballet "La Flûte magique" premieres by the Imperial Mariinsky Ballet in St Petersburg, Russian Empire, conducted by the composer
Alfred Naess skates world record 500m (49.4 sec)
Vanderbilt University claims it participated in the first organised intercollegiate basketball game at the Nashville YMCA Gymnasium; Vanderbilt beats YMCA, 9-3
Canal builder De Lesseps & others sentenced to prison for fraud
The American University is chartered by an act of the Congress of the United States of America
2 Clydesdale horses set record by pulling 48 tons on a sledge, in Michigan
Edward Acheson of Pennsylvania, patents an abrasive he names "carborundum" (Silicon carbide)
Diplomatic Appropriation Act, authorizes the US rank of ambassador
1st US federal railroad legislation passed; required safety features
US Congress authorizes 1st federal road agency, in Department of Agriculture
The Congo Free State (CFS), also known as the Independent State of the Congo, was a large state and absolute monarchy in Central Africa from 1885 to 1908.
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa.
Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup (Stanley Cup): Montreal Hockey Club claim inaugural trophy after finishing top of final Amateur Hockey Association of Canada standings with a 7–1–0 record
Thomas F. Bayard becomes 1st US ambassador in Great Britain
1st NSW v Queensland F-C game, at Brisbane Exhibition Ground
Cleveland passes Park Act (forerunner of Metroparks)
Andy Bowen & Jack Burke box 7 hrs 19 mins to no decision (111 rounds)
The Critic reports that ice cream soda is America's national drink
"Massacre of Hoornkrans": Curt von François, colonial Governor of German South West Africa (now Nambia), leads attack by 225 Schutztruppe soldiers on Nama leader Hendrik Witbooi's headquarters at Hoornkrans; shelling of the village causes tremendous civilian casualties. Witbooi escapes and wages sev
Francis Dhanis army occupies Kasongo
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County.
Richard "King Dick" Seddon succeeds John Balance as premier of New Zealand and leader of Liberal Party
World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the "New World"
Cowboy Bill Pickett invents bulldogging, the skill of grabbing cattle by the horns and wrestling them to the ground
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of 9.1 million people in 2024.
Heavy rain washes "quick clay" into a deep valley killing 111 in Norway
The Ottawa Senators were an ice hockey team based in Ottawa, which existed from 1883 to 1954.
Audath Yisroel forms at Kattowitz (Katowice) Poland
Falstaff is a comic opera in three acts by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian-language libretto was adapted by Arrigo Boito from the play The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from...
German-American F.W. Rueckheim introduces "Cracker Jack" brand snack food consisting of caramel-coated popcorn and peanuts
The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 1 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher...
British fleet under Vice Admiral George Tryon leaves Beirut
Great stock crash on NY stock exchange
The Excelsior Diamond is a gem-quality diamond, and was the largest known diamond in the world from the time of its discovery in 1893 until 1905, when the Cullinan Diamond was found.
San Francisco Bay City Club opens 1st US bicycle race track, made of wood
The small town of Pomeroy, Iowa, is nearly destroyed by a tornado that kills 71 people and injures 200
A revolution led by the liberal general and politician, José Santos Zelaya, takes over state power in Nicaragua
Germany Army Bill is ratified
Arthur Shrewsbury (11 April 1856 – 19 May 1903) was an English cricketer and rugby football administrator. He was widely rated as competing with W. G.
Australian Harry Graham scores 107 on cricket debut Australia v England, Lord's
Katharine Lee Bates (August 12, 1859 – March 28, 1929) was an American author and poet, chiefly remembered for her anthem "America the Beautiful", but also for her many books and articles on social...
For the only time in the history of the US Tennis Championships, an event is held off the Eastern Seaboard: the Men's Doubles Championship in Chicago
Gaelic League is founded by Douglas Hyde and Eoin MacNeill in order to encourage Irish people to speak the language and take a greater interest in their culture
53rd US Congress (1893-95) convenes with a continued Democratic majority
First US bowling magazine, Gut Holz, is published in New York
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years.
France introduces motor vehicle registration, including a driving test
The US is no longer allowed exclusive rights in the Bering Sea
Shechita (ritual slaughtering) prohibited in Switzerland
Tornado destroys the coast of Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina; about 1,000 people die
Gladstones' Second Home Rule Bill for Ireland passes in the House of Commons but vetoed by The House of Lords by 419 votes to 41
"Svoboda," the oldest existing Ukrainian newspaper, is founded as a weekly publication by Father Hryhorii Hrushka in Jersey City, New Jersey, and expands to a daily in 1921
"Svoboda", Ukrainian language weekly newspaper founded by Father Hryhorii Hrushka, in Jersey City, New Jersey; expands to daily in 1921, reverts to weekly in 1998
The Territory of Oklahoma was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 2, 1890, until November 16, 1907, when it was joined with the Indian Territory under a new...
The first gasoline-powered car debuts in Springfield, Massachusetts
Frank Duryea drives the first American-made gas-propelled vehicle
Cheniere Caminada hurricane (Great October Storm) is the third worst hurricane in US history and one of the first to be classified as a Category 4 storm, killing 1,800 people in Louisiana
Cream of Wheat is an American brand of farina, a type of breakfast porridge mix made from wheat middlings.
Vigilant (US) beats Valkyrie II (UK) in 9th America's Cup, in New York
George Edwarde's "Gaiety Girl" premieres in London
C. Dazey's "In Old Kentucky" premieres in NYC (27 seasons)
Battle of Shangani, Matabeleland: Dr Jameson beats Ndebeles
Hurricane hits coast between Savannah, Georgia & Charleston, South Carlolina
Mayor of Chicago Carter Harrison III is assassinated at home by a disgruntled supporter, Patrick Eugene Prendergast
US Senate approves repealing Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890
Bulawayo (; Northern Ndebele: Bulawayo) is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, and the largest city in the country's Matabeleland region.
Women's suffrage, or the right of women to vote, was established in the United States over the course of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, first in various states and localities, then...
The treaty of the Durand Line is signed between present day Pakistan and Afghanistan - the Durand Line has gained international recognition as an international border between the two sister nations.
Ziqiang Institute (Wuhan University) is founded by Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei and Hunan provinces in China's Qing Dynasty
Electric car built at the Dixon Carriage works in Toronto, could go 15 miles between charges
11 fishing ships wash up at Wadden Sea, 22 killed
Preview performance of Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 - "New World Symphony" draws a crowd to Carnegie Hall, New York City [1]
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world, spanning eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries.
1st state anti-lynching statute approved, in Georgia
French lieutenant Boiteux annexes Tumbuktu
Russia signs military accord with France
Bill Tilden, American athlete, known for american tennis player, was born on 1893-02-10.
Omar Bradley united states army general, known for united states army general, was born on 1893-02-12.
Wilfred Owen, English poet and soldier, known for english poet and soldier, was born on 1893-03-18. Wilfred Edward Salter Owen (18 March 1893 – 4 November 1918) was an English poet and soldier.
Clas Thunberg is born
Walter Ulbricht is born
Harlow Curtice is born
Mae West, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1893-08-17. Mary Jane "Mae" West (August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American actress, singer, comedian, screenwriter, and…
Huey Long politician, known for american politician, was born on 1893-08-30. Huey Pierce Long Jr.
Sidney Holland is born
Merian C. Cooper is born
Piet Moeskops, Dutch athlete, known for dutch cyclist, was born on 1893-11-14. Pieter Daniel Moeskops (13 November 1893 – 16 November 1964) was a Dutch cyclist, who won the UCI Track Cycling World…
Hermann Goering, German nazi politician and military leader, known for german nazi politician and military leader, was born on 1893-01-12.
Raymond Dart, Australian anatomist and anthropologist, known for australian anatomist and anthropologist, was born on 1893-02-04.
Allen Dulles is born
Draža Mihailović, Serbian leader of the chetniks in wwii, known for leader of the chetniks in wwii, was born on 1893-04-27.
Benjamin Butler, American general and politician, known for american general and politician, died on 1893-01-11.
Rutherford B. Hayes dies
Mary Ann Shadd Cary dies
Edwin Booth, American actor, known for american actor, died on 1893-06-07. Edwin Thomas Booth (November 13, 1833 – June 7, 1893) was an American stage actor and theatrical manager who toured…
Leland Stanford dies
Guy de Maupassant, French writer, known for french writer, died on 1893-07-06. Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a 19th-century French author, celebrated as a master of the short story, as well…