1692
Years:
1689 1690 1691 - 1692 - 1693 1694 1695Decades:
1660s 1670s 1680s - 1690s - 1700s 1710s 1720sCenturies:
16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1692 by topic: Science - State leaders - Literature - Music
Events
- February 13 - Massacre of Glencoe
- March 1 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of three women with Witchcraft.
- June 10 - Salem witch trials: three women, including Bridget Bishop, hanged for witchcraft.
- June 17 - Earthquake destroys Port Royal, capital of Jamaica and submerges major part of it - estimated 1000-3000 dead, 23000 injured
- August 19 - Salem Witch Trials: three women and four men are hanged for witchcraft.
- September 19 - Salem Witch Trials: a man is pressed to death in an attempt to torture him into entering a plea.
- September 22 - Salem Witch Trials: six women and two men are hanged for witchcraft.
Births
- February 14 - Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French wirter (d. 1754)
- February 25 - Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775)
- February 29 - John Byrom, English poet (d. 1763)
- April 5 - Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730)
- April 8 - Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer and violinist (d. 1770)
- April 22 - James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (d. 1770)
- May 18 - Joseph Butler, English bishop and philosopher (d. 1752)
- August 3 - John Henley, English minister (d. 1759)
- August 18 - Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (d. 1740)
- October 25 - Elizabeth Farnese, queen of Philip V of Spain (d. 1766)
- November 2 - Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer (d. 1766)
- November 6 - Louis Racine, French poet (d. 1763)
- November 15 - Eusebius Amort, German Catholic theologian (d. 1775)
- November 21 - Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (d. 1768)
Deaths
- May 18 - Elias Ashmole, English antiquarian (b. 1617)
- July 19 - Rebecca Nurse, accused witch (b. 1621)
- July 23 - Gilles Ménage, French scholar (b. 1613)
- September 19 - Giles Corey, American farmer and accused witch
- November 6 - Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (b. 1619)
- November 19 - Thomas Shadwell, English poet and playwright
- December 9 - William Mountfort, English actor and dramatist
- December 18 - Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (b. 1626)