1693

This page relates to the year 1693 Gregorian Calendrier.

Events

Three villages Iroquois in the north of Albany are attacked and destroyed by the French.

the Négus of Ethiopia Iyasou Large the receives in present of the governor of the Indies Dutchwomen a bell for the church of Debra-Berhan.

September: The Dutchmen occupy Pondichéry (fine in 1697). François Martin, his governor, finds refuge with Chandernagor.

the khan of Dzoungarie Galdan sends an embassy to Beijing to protest against the suppression of the commercial exchanges, but its messengers are carried out.
Kangxi sends the father Bouvet in France to offer to Louis XIV old books and to go to seek other scientists.
Martyrdom of the Jesuit Jean de Britto in India.

Bad harvest in Europe related to the climate. Famine (as of June-July with Paris), supporting the epidemics (1693 - 1694). Nearly 2 million victims in France, that is to say 10% of the population. Food shortage in Scotland. Crisis of subsistence in Finland. The quarter of the population disappears (1693 - 1697).

January 11th: Earthquake of the Valley di Noto in Sicily (approximately 60 000 victims).
18 - May 22nd: The forces of Louis XIV attack and take Heidelberg. The castle falls the 23. Second fire of the city.
June: Louis XIV leaves the Netherlands and will exert never again of military command.
the June 27th, Tourville disperses and destroys partly a fleet anglo-Dutchwoman with broad of Lagos (Portugal), escorting tradind ships charged with grains come from the Raising to supply Northern Europe with full food shortage.
July 29th: Victoire of Luxembourg to the battles of Neerwinden on Guillaume III of Orange.
October 4th: Victoire of Catinat with on Victor-Amédée II of Sardinia. The duke of Savoy has changed camp Pignerol, besieged for two years, is saved.
October 11th: Catch of Charleroi by Luxembourg.

Paul de Beauvilliers becomes governor of the duke Charles de Berry.
Fagon becomes doctor of the king.
Sebastien Prestre, marshal of Vauban, inspects the area of Nice to prepare the restoration of the fortifications.
Louis XIV suspends the application of the declaration of the clergy of France, putting fine at the religious crisis. Innocent XII yields on the extension of the levels spiritual and gives the nomination to sixteen signatories who had formulated their excuses, n the other hand renouncement by the French clergy of his Declaration of 1682 and of the restitution of Avignon.

In 1694, Mathieu Bigot, cleaned Croixille decides to relate to the parochial register of the baptisms, marriages and burials: " the arrived Things and which are worthy of remarks in the year 1693 ". He tells on five pages the events which appear important to him: courses of the currencies, the War of the league of Augsburg, the passage of the troops, epidemics and food shortage.

June 5th: Didon , opera ballet of Henry Desmarest.
December 4th: Médée , tragedy lyric of Marc-Antoine Charpentier on a booklet of Thomas Crow, is played Palais Royal.
Basilius , opera of Reinhard Keiser.

the Convalescence of Louis XIV , low-relief of Nicolas Coustou.
D' Aviler becomes architect of the States of Languedoc after the completion of the triumphal arch of Peyrou with Montpellier.
First model of convenient, Ball.

First edition of the Neptune François , nautical first atlas published in France.

monetary Readjustment in the empire.
Devaluation of the Book tournaments.
Anne de Tourville, by the system of the classes founded in 1671, can embark 71 000 men in his fleet.
the Denmark acquires maritime neutrality, which supports its trade.
Pierre Large the founds a shipyard with Arkhangelsk, with the assistance of carpenters of Dutch navy (Brandt, Kort).

February 7th: Paul Pellisson, lawyer and writer (born with Béziers in 1624).
May 25th: M {{me}} of Fayette, writer Frenchwoman, initiator of the modern French novel.

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