993

993 (CMXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 993rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 993rd year of the 1st millennium, the 93rd year of the 10th century, and the 4th year of the 990s decade. As of the start of 993, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century – 10th century – 11th century
Decades:	960s  970s  980s  – 990s –  1000s  1010s  1020s
Years:	990 991 992 – 993 – 994 995 996

993 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	993 CMXCIII
Ab urbe condita	1746
Armenian calendar	442 ԹՎ ՆԽԲ
Assyrian calendar	5743
Balinese saka calendar	914–915
Bengali calendar	400
Berber calendar	1943
Buddhist calendar	1537
Burmese calendar	355
Byzantine calendar	6501–6502
Chinese calendar	壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 3689 or 3629     — to — 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 3690 or 3630
Coptic calendar	709–710
Discordian calendar	2159
Ethiopian calendar	985–986
Hebrew calendar	4753–4754
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1049–1050
- Shaka Samvat	914–915
- Kali Yuga	4093–4094
Holocene calendar	10993
Iranian calendar	371–372
Islamic calendar	382–383
Japanese calendar	Shōryaku 4 (正暦４年)
Javanese calendar	894–895
Julian calendar	993 CMXCIII
Korean calendar	3326
Minguo calendar	919 before ROC 民前919年
Nanakshahi calendar	−475
Seleucid era	1304/1305 AG
Thai solar calendar	1535–1536
Tibetan calendar	阳水龙年 (male Water-Dragon) 1119 or 738 or −34     — to — 阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) 1120 or 739 or −33

Events

By topic

Religion

• July 4 – Saint Ulrich of Augsburg is canonized.

Births

• Samuel ibn Naghrela, assistant to the Berber king in Granada

Deaths

• King Conrad of Burgundy

In fiction

• The fantasy role-playing game Dragon Warriors is set in a fantasy world called "Legend" modeled on medieval Europe in an era near this year.
• In the Harry Potter series, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is built and founded sometime around this year.