1893

1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1893rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 893rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 93rd year of the 19th century, and the 4th year of the 1890s decade. As of the start of 1893, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	18th century – 19th century – 20th century
Decades:	1860s  1870s  1880s  – 1890s –  1900s  1910s  1920s
Years:	1890 1891 1892 – 1893 – 1894 1895 1896

1893 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1893 MDCCCXCIII
Ab urbe condita	2646
Armenian calendar	1342 ԹՎ ՌՅԽԲ
Assyrian calendar	6643
Bahá'í calendar	49–50
Balinese saka calendar	1814–1815
Bengali calendar	1300
Berber calendar	2843
British Regnal year	56 Vict. 1 – 57 Vict. 1
Buddhist calendar	2437
Burmese calendar	1255
Byzantine calendar	7401–7402
Chinese calendar	壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 4589 or 4529     — to — 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 4590 or 4530
Coptic calendar	1609–1610
Discordian calendar	3059
Ethiopian calendar	1885–1886
Hebrew calendar	5653–5654
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1949–1950
- Shaka Samvat	1814–1815
- Kali Yuga	4993–4994
Holocene calendar	11893
Igbo calendar	893–894
Iranian calendar	1271–1272
Islamic calendar	1310–1311
Japanese calendar	Meiji 26 (明治２６年)
Javanese calendar	1822–1823
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 12 days
Korean calendar	4226
Minguo calendar	19 before ROC 民前19年
Nanakshahi calendar	425
Thai solar calendar	2435–2436
Tibetan calendar	阳水龙年 (male Water-Dragon) 2019 or 1638 or 866     — to — 阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) 2020 or 1639 or 867

Events

• September 11 - Swami Vivekananda began his first conference in Parliament of World's Religions

Births

• June 29 – Aarre Merikanto, Finnish composer
• July 30 – Fatimah Jinnah, Pakistani Mother of the Nation.
• August 17 – Mae West

Hit Songs

• "Happy Birthday to You"
• "The Cat Came Back"