993

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century – 10th century – 11th century
Decades:	960s  970s  980s  – 990s –  1000s  1010s  1020s
Years:	990 991 992 – 993 – 994 995 996

Year 993 (CMXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By topic

Religion

• July 4 – Saint Ulrich of Augsburg is canonized.

Births

• Samuel ibn Naghrela, assistant to the Berber king in Granada

Deaths

• King Conrad of Burgundy

In fiction

• The fantasy role-playing game Dragon Warriors is set in a fantasy world called "Legend" modeled on medieval Europe in an era near this year.
• In the Harry Potter series, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is built and founded sometime around this year.