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* [[June 17]]: [[Mrs Willis' Boarding House]] in [[Avondale]] was destroyed by fire.
* [[June 17]]: [[Mrs Willis' Boarding House]] in [[Avondale]] was destroyed by fire.
* [[July 12]]: The [[Birmingham Dental College]] was incorporated.
* [[July 12]]: The [[Birmingham Dental College]] was incorporated.
* [[September 7]]: The [[Southern Female University]] commenced its second fall session at [[Lakeview Park]].
* [[September 30]]: At the request of [[Julia Tutwiler]], a faculty committee approved the conditional enrollment of female students at the [[University of Alabama]].
* [[September 30]]: At the request of [[Julia Tutwiler]], a faculty committee approved the conditional enrollment of female students at the [[University of Alabama]].
* [[December 6]]: The [[Southern Female University]] burned down.
* The town of [[Highland]] was annexed into Birmingham.
* The town of [[Highland]] was annexed into Birmingham.
* [[Ben M. Jacobs]], a volunteer observer, began recording [[Weather Forecast Office Birmingham|daily weather observations]] (except on Sundays).
* [[Ben M. Jacobs]], a volunteer observer, began recording [[Weather Forecast Office Birmingham|daily weather observations]] (except on Sundays).
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* May: The [[Birmingham Commercial Club]] was founded as a general businessmen's association.
* May: The [[Birmingham Commercial Club]] was founded as a general businessmen's association.
* [[August 2]]: [[AmSouth Bank|First National Bank of Birmingham]] failed.
* [[August 2]]: [[AmSouth Bank|First National Bank of Birmingham]] failed.
* [[N. E. Barker]] succeeded [[William Cameron]] as president of First National Bank of Birmingham.
* [[Nelson Barker]] succeeded [[William Cameron]] as president of First National Bank of Birmingham.
* [[October 9]]: First National Bank of Birmingham resumed operations.
* [[October 9]]: First National Bank of Birmingham resumed operations.
* November: The [[Tutwiler Coal, Coke and Iron Company]] was founded.
* November: The [[Tutwiler Coal, Coke and Iron Company]] was founded.
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===Births===
===Births===
* [[February 13]]: [[John Newsome]], one-term congressman.
* [[February 13]]: [[John Newsome]], one-term congressman
* [[February 15]]: [[Charles McCauley]], architect
* [[March 19]]: [[Orville Coston]], killed in action in [[World War I]].
* [[March 19]]: [[Orville Coston]], killed in action in [[World War I]].
* [[April 2]]: [[Lawrence Minter]], caretaker at [[Elmwood Cemetery]], was born in Selma, Dallas County.
* [[June 6]]: [[Carl Bottenfield]], [[U.S. Steel]] executive and [[Jefferson County Board of Education]] member  
* [[June 6]]: [[Carl Bottenfield]], [[U.S. Steel]] executive and [[Jefferson County Board of Education]] member  
* [[June 7]]: [[Gene Walker]], motorcycle racer
* [[June 7]]: [[Gene Walker]], motorcycle racer
* [[June 17]]: [[Coot Grant]], blues singer
* [[June 17]]: [[Coot Grant]], blues singer
* [[September 7]]: [[Hargrove Van de Graaff]], football player
* [[November 1]]: [[Frank Samford Sr]], insurance executive
* [[November 1]]: [[Frank Samford Sr]], insurance executive
* [[Myra Bryant]], civic leader and columnist
* [[Myra Bryant]], civic leader and columnist
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* [[Lunsford Hotel]]
* [[Lunsford Hotel]]
* [[St Paul's Cathedral]]
* [[St Paul's Cathedral]]
* [[United States Court House and Post Office]] (torn down, 1920s)
* [[U.S. Court House and Post Office]] (torn down, 1920s)
 
===Demolitions===
* [[Southern Female University]], in the former [[Lakeview Hotel]] at [[Lakeview Park]] burned down.


== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==

Latest revision as of 11:22, 8 April 2023

"The Flying Wedge", photographed during the 1893 Iron Bowl by John Horgan, Jr.

1893 was the 22nd year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

Business

Government

Birmingham Mayor David Fox

Religion

Sports

Individuals

Gene Walker

Births

Graduations

Marriages

Deaths

Works

U.S. Court House & Post Office under construction in 1892

Books

Buildings

Demolitions

Gallery

Context

In 1893, Thomas A. Edison finished construction of the first motion picture studio in West Orange, New Jersey. Rudolf Diesel received a patent for the diesel engine. Grover Cleveland succeeded Benjamin Harrison as President. The Panic of 1893, a crash on the New York Stock Exchange, started a depression. Lizzie Borden was acquitted of murdering her parents. New Zealand became the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote. The World Parliament of Religions met in Chicago. Arthur Conan Doyle surprised the reading public by killing off his character Sherlock Holmes in "The Final Problem," published in Strand Magazine.

Notable books published in 1893 included Earth Revisited by Byron A. Brooks, Sub-Coelum by Addison Peale Russell, and Le Docteur Pascal by Emile Zola. Notable music released included "The Cat Came Back" by Henry S. Miller, "The Liberty Bell" by John Philip Sousa, "When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder" by James M. Black, and Symphony No. 9 by Antonín Dvořák.

Notable births in 1893 included singer and comedian Jimmy Durante, actor Leslie Howard, actor Harold Lloyd, businessman Roy O. Disney, actress Mae West, writer Dorothy Parker, comedian Gummo Marx, and Chinese leader Mao Zedong. Notable deaths included former president Rutherford B. Hayes, Supreme Court justice Lucius Quintus Cincinatus Lamar, former Confederate general P. G. T. Beauregard, actor Edwin Booth, painter Ford Madox Brown, baseball player Lip Pike, and composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

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