1893

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

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"