WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO NOVEMBER 1893
Find out what all happened May to November 1893

Women's Suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so. (7. November 1893)

A revolution led by the liberal general and politician, José Santos Zelaya, takes over state power in Nicaragua. (11. July 1893)

France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration. (14. August 1893)

The small town of Pomeroy, Iowa, is nearly destroyed by a tornado that killed 71 people and injured 200. (6. July 1893)

Women's suffrage: in New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote. (19. September 1893)

The treaty of the Durand Line is signed between present day Pakistan and Afghanistan; the Durand Line has gained international recognition as an international border between the two nations. (12. November 1893)

The Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club, to become one of the oldest Italian football clubs, is established by British expats. (7. September 1893)

Mohandas Gandhi committed his first act of civil disobedience. (7. June 1893)

Parliament of the World's Religions opened in Chicago, where Swami Vivekananda delivers his speech on fanaticism, tolerance and the truth inherent in all religions. (11. September 1893)

The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Nix v. Hedden that a tomato is a vegetable, not a fruit, under the Tariff Act of 1883. (10. May 1893)

New Zealand becomes the first country in which women vote in a national election. (28. November 1893)

The Ziqiang Institute, today known as Wuhan University, is founded by Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei and Hunan Provinces in late Qing Dynasty China, after his memorial to the throne is approved by the Qing Government. (29. November 1893)

Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique, receives its première performance in St. Petersburg, only nine days before the composer's death. (28. October 1893)

Grover Cleveland notices a rough spot in his mouth and on July 1 undergoes secret, successful surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw; operation not revealed to US public until 1917, nine years after the president's death. (13. June 1893)

Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile. (20. September 1893)

The Corinth Canal in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece is used for the first time. (25. July 1893)

The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto. (11. July 1893)

The Royal Navy battleship HMS Camperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Victoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon. (22. June 1893)

Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton. (15. August 1893)

Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma. (16. September 1893)