1893 in China

Events from the year 1893 in China.

• Guangxu Emperor^[1] (19th year)

• November 29 — establishment of Wuhan University

• January 9 — Gu Zhutong, nationalist general and administrator (d. 1987)
• January 27 — Soong Ching-ling, Honorary Chairwoman of China and wife of Sun Yat-sen (d. 1981)
• February 2
  • Sun Lianzhong, nationalist general (d. 1990)
  • Damdin Sükhbaatar, Mongolian communist revolutionary (d. 1923)
• March 18 — Bai Chongxi, 1st Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China (d. 1966)
• May 8 — Gu Jiegang, folklorist, historian and sinologist (d. 1980)
• May 30 — Zhu Jiahua, scientist, geologist and nationalist politician (d. 1963)
• June 15 — Zhang Shenfu, philosopher and political activist (d. 1986)
• July 4 — Wang Mingzhang, nationalist general (d. 1938)
• July 10 — Wang Jialie, former Chairman of Guizhou (d. 1966)
• August 4 — Tang Yongtong, educator, philosopher and scholar (d. 1964)
• August 17 — Abing, musician (d. 1950)
• August 25 — Tu Tsung-ming, Taiwanese pharmacologist and educator (d. 1986)
• October 1 — Ip Man, martial arts grandmaster (d. 1972)
• October 18
  • Liang Shuming, philosopher, politician and writer in the Rural Reconstruction Movement (d. 1988)
  • Lee Kong Chian, prominent Singaporean Chinese businessman and philanthropist (d. 1967)
• October 20 — Xiong Qinglai, mathematician (d. 1969)
• November 26 — Yang Hucheng, general during the Warlord era (d. 1949)
• December 26 — Mao Zedong, 1st Paramount Leader of China (d. 1976)

• Van Chu-Lin, New Zealand homemaker and storekeeper (d. 1946)

• March 26 — Chonghou, official and diplomat (b. 1826)