The ruins of Heidelberg Castle near Mannheim, Germany
In the year 1693, a major earthquake kills thousands in Sicily and Malta (Jan 11), the Palantine forces at Heidelberg Castle surrender to France (May 23), John Locke publishes his influential book Some Thoughts Concerning Education, while William Penn, the founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, publishes his proposal for European federation, a religious schism in Switzerland leads to the formation of the Mennonite Amish sect, the Nine Year’s War goes on - and all these fine people were born:
1693-xxxx Gustaf Gisselkors* soldier/religious leader - Pohjanmaa, Sweden-Finland (1769/c.76)
1693-0128 Gregor Werner* composer - Ybbs an der Donau, Austria (1766/73)
1693-0207 Anna of Russia* Empress of Russia/niece of Peter the Great - Moscow, Tsardom of Russia (1740/47)
1693-0224 James Quin* actor/of Irish descent - Covent Garden, London, England (1766/72)
1693-0305 Johann Jakob Wettstein* Swiss theologian/New Testament critic - Basel, Switzerland (1754/61)
1693-0403 George Edwards* naturalist/ornithologist/the “father of British ornithology - Stratford, Essex, England (1773/80)
1693-0403 John Harrison* carpenter/clockmaker/inventor of the marine chronometer - Foulby, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (1776/82)
1693-0416 Anne Sophie Reventlow* Queen of Denmark and Norway as the second wife of Frederick IV - Clausholm Castle, Denmark (1743/49)
1693-0524 Fredrik Trolle* estate owner/politician - Sweden (1770/76)
1693-0610 Anders Bergius* professor of theology at Turku Academy/ politician - Taivassalo, Sweden-Finland (1750/57)
1693-0617 Johann Georg Walch* German theologian - Meiningen (1775/81)
1693-0721 Thomas Pelham-Holles* the Duke of Newcastle/politician/PM - London, England (1768/75)
1693-0808 Laurent Belissen* composer - Aix-en-Provence, France (1762/68)
1693-0816 Christian Ernst Endter* German physician/writer - Großmölsen, Thüringen (1775/82)
1693-0903 Charles Radclyffe* nobleman/executed for the 1715 Rising upon returning from exile - Little Parndon, Essex, England (1746/53)
1693-0921 Thomas Secker* Archbishop of Canterbury - Sibthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England (1768/74)
1693-12xx Heikki Juhonpoika Västi** (b Hannuksela) farner/father of Jaakko Heikinpoika Renko - Hannuksela, Ilmajoki, Sweden-Finland (1751/57)
1693-1226 Jeremias Wallén* jurist/politician - Piikkiö, Sweden-Finland (1772/78)
Updated 2.4.2023-2
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