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Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1893
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| January 15, 1893 |
Fannie Kemble (Butler) died, London, England
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Fannie Kemble (Butler) |
| January 31, 1893 |
Coca-Cola patented
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Coca-Cola |
| February 10, 1893 |
Laurent DeGive opens the elaborate Grand Theater with a play titled Men and Women
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| March 3, 1893 |
High winds destroy the Meriwether County Courthouse
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| April 18, 1893 |
Auburn Avenue created from Wheat Ave.
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| May 5, 1893 |
Panic on Wall Street begins because of the failure of a group of rope manufacturers. The monetary loss triggers a deep depression lasting four years
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| July 1, 1893 |
Walter Francis White born, Atlanta
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| August 1, 1893 |
Earnest Woodruff buys "The Battle of Atlanta" for $1,100.00 |
| August 5, 1893 |
James Pierpont dies, Winter Haven, FL (buried in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah
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| August 7, 1893 |
Charles Crisp elected to a second term as Speaker of the House. |
| August 13, 1893 |
"Nancy Hanks," Central Railroad and Banking Company (precursor to Central of Georgia) rail service between Savannah and Atlanta is ended because the rails and railbed were too rough for high-speed service. A number of the locomotives had left the tracks.
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| August 27, 1893 |
Powerful storm lashes the Georgia and South Carolina coast, coming ashore on Tybee Island. Death toll reaches 2,000 according to the National Weather Service
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