Fridtjof Nansen won international fame after reaching a record northern latitude of 86 ° 14 ′ during his Nansen's Fram expedition | North Pole expedition of 1893 – 96.

* 1893 – Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.

* 1893 – Robert Harron, American actor ( d. 1920 )

* 1894 – Coxey's Army reaches Washington, D. C. to protest the unemployment caused by the Panic of 1893.

* 1893 – Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Nazi foreign minister ( d. 1946 )

He studied organ there from 1885 – 1893 with Eugène Munch, organist of the Protestant Temple, who inspired Schweitzer with his profound enthusiasm for the music of German composer Richard Wagner.

* 1818 – Lucy Stone, American activist ( d. 1893 )

Abner Doubleday ( June 26, 1819 – January 26, 1893 ) was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War.

* 1820 – John Tyndall, British physicist ( d. 1893 )

* 1893 – The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.

In 1853, he married Jane Sym ( 1825 – 1893 ).

* 1893 – Alexander of Greece ( d. 1920 )

* 1808 – Hamilton Fish, American politician ( d. 1893 )

* 1821 – Ford Madox Brown, English painter ( d. 1893 )

* 1893 – Germaine Guèvremont, Canadian novelist ( d. 1968 )

* 1893 – France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.

* 1893 – Francis Dvornik, Czech historian ( d. 1975 )

* 1893 – Ibadan area became a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.

* 1893 – Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer ( d. 1950 )

* 1893 – Henry Trendley Dean, American dentist ( d. 1962 )

* Alexander of Bulgaria ( 1857 – 1893 ), first prince of Bulgaria

* Alexander of Bulgaria ( 1857 – 1893 ), Prince of Bulgaria

* 1805 – Anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman ( d. 1893 )

* 1893 – Huey Long, American politician ( d. 1935 )

* March 7 – Wright Patman, American politician ( b. 1893 )

* Wright, Carroll D. " The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steelworkers ," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 7 ( July 1893 ), 400-32. in JSTOR

* 1893 to 1894 -- Wright Cycle Exchange at 1034 West Third Street.

Wright managed the Phillies with Delahanty for four seasons, from 1890 to 1893, with the two and their fine supporting cast leading the Phils to " first division " finishes during those years, though the team never won a pennant.

John William Wright Patman ( August 6, 1893 – March 7, 1976 ) was a U. S. Congressman from Texas in Texas's 1st congressional district and chair of the United States House Committee on Banking and Currency ( 1965 – 75 ).

In 1919, Schindler met and married Pauline Gibling ( 1893 – 1977 ) and in 1920 Wright summoned him to Los Angeles to work on the Barnsdall House.

Brodribb relates that in an 1893 match, W. G. Grace influenced Wright to return the ball to him, and upon doing so, appealed.

* The Hull Docks Company ( Queens dock, Humber Dock, Railway Dock, Victoria dock, Albert dock, William Wright Dock, St Andrews dock ): acquired 1893.

Kaulana Nā Pua ( literally, " Famous are the flowers ") is a Hawaiian patriotic song written by Eleanor Kekoaohiwaikalani Wright Prendergast in 1893

He wrote: The Origin and Scope of the American Doctrine of Constitutional Law ( 1893 ); Cases on Evidence ( 1892 ); Cases on Constitutional Law ( 1895 ); The Development of Trial by Jury ( 1896 ); A Preliminary Treatise on Evidence at the Common Law ( 1898 ), and a short life of John Marshall ( 1901 ); and edited the twelfth edition of Kent's Commentaries and the Letters of Chauncey Wright ( 1877 ), and A Westward Journey with Mr. Emerson ( 1884 ).

Patman was the son of John N. and Emma ( Spurlin ) Patman, was born near Hughes Springs in Cass County, Texas, on August 6, 1893.

* 1961 – Roy Del Ruth, American director ( b. 1893 )

* 1893 – Allen Dulles, American Central Intelligence Agency director ( d. 1969 )

After a series of rival leagues were organized but failed, ( most notably the American Base Ball Association, which spawned the clubs which would ultimately become the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers ) the current American League, evolving from the minor Western League of 1893, was established in 1901.

" Blind " Lemon Jefferson ( Lemon Henry Jefferson ; September 24, 1893 – December 19, 1929 ) was an American blues singer and guitarist from Texas.

The Little Bears ( 1893 – 96 ) was the first American comic with recurring characters, while the first color comic supplement was published by the Chicago Inter-Ocean sometime in the latter half of 1892, followed by the New York Journals first color Sunday comic pages in 1897.

Crime wave first attested in 1893 in American English.

Clark Ashton Smith ( 13 January 1893 – 14 August 1961 ) was a self-educated American poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories.

* 1977 – Wilfred Kitching, American General of The Salvation Army ( b. 1893 )

* 1893 – Homer N. Wallin, American vice-admiral ( d. 1984 )

* 1893 – Ruth Chatterton, American actress ( d. 1961 )

* 1893 – Harry Warren, American composer and lyricist ( Chattanooga Choo Choo – I Only Have Eyes for You ) ( d. 1981 )

* 1969 – Spencer Williams, Jr., American actor ( b. 1893 )

* 1825 – Carter Harrison, Sr., American politician ( d. 1893 )

* 1893 – Walter Donaldson, American songwriter ( d. 1947 )

Because of patent lawsuits in 1893, Blair left his American company and established another in Britain.

* Thompson's poem was the inspiration for a series of 23 paintings by the American painter R. H. Ives Gammell ( 1893 – 1981 ).

The most important American free love journal was Lucifer the Lightbearer ( 1883 – 1907 ) edited by Moses Harman and Lois Waisbrooker but also there existed Ezra Heywood and Angela Heywood's The Word ( 1872 – 1890, 1892 – 1893 ).