1893

1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday in the Julian calendar.

• January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers.
• February 1 – Thomas Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
• February 24 – The American University is established in Washington, D.C.
• March 10 – Ivory Coast becomes a French colony.
• May 5 – There is a crash on the New York Stock Exchange that starts the Panic of 1893 (an economic depression).
• September 11 – Swami Vivekananda began his first conference in Parliament of World's Religions.

• January 1 – Minoru Sasaki, Japanese general
• January 5 – Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru
• January 10 – Vicente Huidobro, Chilean poet
• March 11 – Wanda Gág, American children's author and artist
• March 18 – Wilfred Owen, English poet, soldier
• March 19 – José María Velasco Ibarra, 24th President of Ecuador
• June 29 – Aarre Merikanto, Finnish composer
• July 31 – Fatima Jinnah, founder of Pakistan
• August 17 – Mae West, American actress