What happened in 1893

27 events　World 4, North America 9, Europe 9, USSR / Russia 1, Asia 2, Middle East 1, Oceania 1

Highlights of 1893

Jan 17OceaniaOverthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii: Lorrin A. Thurston and the Citizen's Committee of Public Safety in Hawaii, with the intervention of the United States Marine Corps, overthrow the government of Queen Liliuokalani.
AugEurope6 August – The Corinth Canal is completed in Greece.
OctUSSR / RussiaOctober 28 (October 16 O.S.) – In Saint Petersburg (Russia), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducts the first performance of his Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Pathétique, nine days before his death.
Nov 12WorldThe Durand Line is established as the boundary between British India and Afghanistan, by a memorandum of understanding signed by Sir Mortimer Durand, Foreign Secretary of British India, and Abdur Rahman Khan, Amir of Afghanistan.
North AmericaAmerican pharmacist Caleb Bradham invents the recipe for what later becomes Pepsi. He originally sells it as 'Brad's Drink' at his pharmacy in New Bern, North Carolina.
WorldThe first recumbent bicycle, the Fautenil Vélociped, is made in France.

MayThe Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland is formed.
Oct 23The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) is founded in the town of Thessaloniki. Its aim is to liberate the region of Macedonia from the Ottoman Turks.
Nov 12The Durand Line is established as the boundary between British India and Afghanistan, by a memorandum of understanding signed by Sir Mortimer Durand, Foreign Secretary of British India, and Abdur Rahman Khan, Amir of Afghanistan.
The first recumbent bicycle, the Fautenil Vélociped, is made in France.

Feb 24The American University is established by an Act of Congress, in Washington, D.C.
Apr 6The iconic Salt Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated, after 40 years of construction.
May 1The 1893 World's Fair, also known as the World's Columbian Exposition, opens to the public in Chicago, Illinois. The first United States commemorative postage stamps are issued for the event.
May 5Panic of 1893: A crash on the New York Stock Exchange starts a depression.
Sep 11The World Parliament of Religions opens as an adjunct to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago; Bengali Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda receives a standing ovation for his address in response to his welcoming.
Sep 27The World Parliament of Religions holds its closing meeting in Chicago.
Oct 30The 1893 World's Fair, also known as the World's Columbian Exposition, closes.
Dec 20Evergreen Park, Illinois, is incorporated.
American pharmacist Caleb Bradham invents the recipe for what later becomes Pepsi. He originally sells it as 'Brad's Drink' at his pharmacy in New Bern, North Carolina.

Jan 13The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom has its first meeting.
Mar 6The Liverpool Overhead Railway opens with 2-car electric multiple units, the first to operate in the world.
Jun 151893 German federal election: Small anti-Semitic parties secure 2.9% of the vote.
Aug6 August – The Corinth Canal is completed in Greece.
Oct 13The first students enter St Hilda's College, Oxford, England, founded for women by Dorothea Beale.
Nov 1First Matabele War: Battle of Bembezi, British South Africa Company defeats an assault by the Matabele.
Nov 26Arthur Conan Doyle's story "The Adventure of the Final Problem", published in the December dated issue of The Strand Magazine and serialized in Sunday newspapers worldwide, surprises the reading public by revealing that his popular character Sherlock Holmes had apparently died at the Reichenbach Falls on May 4, 1891.
Dec 4First Matabele War: The Shangani Patrol of British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated, by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors.
Dec 16Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) receives its premiere at Carnegie Hall, New York City, conducted by the composer, to immediate acclaim.

OctOctober 28 (October 16 O.S.) – In Saint Petersburg (Russia), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducts the first performance of his Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Pathétique, nine days before his death.

Jul 13Paknam Incident: Two French Navy ships are fired upon by Siamese cannons stationed at the Paknam Fort, that guards the Chao Phraya River. Three months later, Siam is forced to cede modern-day Laos to France.
Sep 19Swami Vivekananda delivers an inspiring paper at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago.

Sep 23The Baháʼí Faith is first publicly mentioned in the United States, at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago.

Jan 17Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii: Lorrin A. Thurston and the Citizen's Committee of Public Safety in Hawaii, with the intervention of the United States Marine Corps, overthrow the government of Queen Liliuokalani.