Editing 1693 (section)

=== January–March ===
* [[January 11]] – The [[Mount Etna]] volcano erupts in Italy, causing [[1693 Sicily earthquake|a devastating earthquake]] that kills 60,000 people in [[Sicily]] and [[Malta]].<ref>{{cite journal|first1=F.|last1=Rodríguez de la Torre|year=1995|title=Spanish sources concerning the 1693 earthquake in Sicily|journal=Annali di Geofisica|pages=526|volume=38|issue=5–6|url=http://www.earth-prints.org/bitstream/2122/1744/1/06%20torre.pdf|doi=10.4401/ag-4054|doi-access=free}}, [[Juan Francisco Pacheco y Téllez-Girón, 4th Consort Duke of Uceda]] the Spanish [[Viceroy of Sicily]] at the time reports ''((...) and about sixty thousand people died under the ruins of the earthquake)''(August 4, 1695)</ref>
* [[January 22]] – A total [[lunar eclipse]] is visible across North and South America.<ref name="Astro1211693">{{Cite web|url=http://astro.ukho.gov.uk/eclipse/1211693/|title=Total Eclipse of the Moon: 1693 January 22|website=astro.ukho.gov.uk|accessdate=September 29, 2022}}</ref>
* [[February 8]] – The [[College of William & Mary]] in [[Williamsburg, Virginia]] is granted a [[Royal charter]].
* [[February 27]] – The publication of the first women's magazine, titled ''[[The Ladies' Mercury]]'', takes place in London.<ref name="OnthisdayFebruary">{{Cite web|url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1693/february|title=Historical Events in February 1693|website=On This Day|date=February 1693 |accessdate=September 30, 2022}}</ref> It is published by the [[The Athenian Society|Athenian Society]].
* [[March 27]] – [[Bozoklu Mustafa Pasha]] becomes the new [[Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire]], after Sultan [[Ahmed II]] appoints him as the successor of [[Çalık Ali Pasha]].