Timeline Sunday 1 October 1893

Events on Sunday 1 October 1893 2

• 1817 – 1893 Benjamin Jowett (1817-1893) Died 1 October 1893, aged 76 British classical scholar and theologian who served as Master of Balliol College, Oxford. He is best remembered for his influential English translations of Plato's dialogues.
• 1893 First Matabele War begins British South Africa Company forces invade Matabeleland Forces of Cecil Rhodes's British South Africa Company invaded the Ndebele Kingdom under King Lobengula in present-day Zimbabwe. Superior firepower, including Maxim guns, gave the Company a decisive advantage, and fighting continued into early 1894 with the conquest of Matabeleland.