Historical Events
- Jul 9 Daniel Williams repairs the torn pericardium of a knife wound patient, James Cornish, without penicillin or blood transfusion
- Sep 19 New Zealand becomes the first country to grant all women the right to vote
- Nov 28 Women vote in a national election for the first time, in the New Zealand general election
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1893 in Film & TV
- Feb 1 Thomas Edison completes worlds 1st movie studio at West Orange, New Jersey
1893 in Music
- Dec 16 Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 - "New World Symphony" premieres at Carnegie Hall, New York
- Dec 23 Opera "Hansel und Gretel" by Engelbert Humperdinck and his sister Adelheid Wette premieres in Weimar, conducted by Richard Strauss
1893 in Sport
- May 11 Henri Desgrange establishes world's 1st bicycle world record, travelling 35.325 km (21.95 miles) an hour
Hermann Goering
Omar Bradley
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Mae West
Dorothy Parker
Mao ZedongFamous People in 1893
Claude Monet
Giuseppe Verdi
Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyWorld Leaders in 1893
Grover Cleveland
Wilhelm II
William Gladstone
Would You Believe?
Would You Believe?Cowboy Bill Pickett invents bulldogging, the skill of grabbing cattle by the horns and wrestling them to the ground
On May 4, 1893
Famous Weddings
- Jan 18 British Poet and writer Rudyard Kipling (26) marries Carrie Balestier (29) in London
- Jul 6 British Prince George Duke of York (later George V) marries Princess Victoria of Teck (Queen Mary) at St James's Palace
- Sep 13 Microbiologist Robert Koch (49) weds actress Hedwig Freiberg (20)
More Weddings & Divorces
Rutherford B. Hayes
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Edwin Booth
Leland Stanford
John AbbottArticles and Photos
Panic of 1893
The panicked scene at the New York Stock Exchange on the infamous morning of Friday, 5 May, 1893May 5The Story of the First Country to Grant Women the Vote
In the late 19th century the women's suffrage movement was widespread in Europe, America, Britain and its colonies. But who was first to grant women the vote?September 19
