1692
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| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1660s 1670s 1680s - 1690s - 1700s 1710s 1720s |
| Years: | 1689 1690 1691 - 1692 - 1693 1694 1695 |
| 1692 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
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| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1692 (MDCXCII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1692
[edit] January - June
- March 1 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of three women with witchcraft.
- June 1–3 - The battle of La Hougue is the decisive naval battle in the Nine Years War.
- June 7 - Afternoon earthquake and three resultant tidal waves destroy Port Royal, capital of Jamaica and submerges major part of it - estimated 2000 immediate dead, 2300 injured, and a probable additional 2,000 dead from the diseases which ravaged the island in the following months.
- June 8 - During a famine in Mexico City, an angry mob torches the Viceroy's palace and ignites the archives: most of the documents and some paintings are saved by royal geographer Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora.
- June 10 - Salem Witch Trials: three women, including Bridget Bishop, are hanged for witchcraft.
[edit] July - December
- August 19 - Salem Witch Trials: three women and four men are hanged for witchcraft.
- September 14 - Diego de Vargas leads Spanish colonists in retaking the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico after a 12 year exile following the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.
- 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.
[edit] Undated
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[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1692 MDCXCII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2445 |
| Armenian calendar | 1141 ԹՎ ՌՃԽԱ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -152 – -151 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2236 |
| Chinese calendar | 4328/4388-11-14 (辛未年十一月十四日) — to —
4329/4389-11-24(壬申年十一月廿四日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1684 – 1685 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5452 – 5453 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1747 – 1748 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1614 – 1615 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4793 – 4794 |
| Holocene calendar | 11692 |
| Iranian calendar | 1070 – 1071 |
| Islamic calendar | 1103 – 1104 |
| Japanese calendar | Genroku 5 (元禄5年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2352 (皇紀2352年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11692 |
| Julian calendar | 1737 |
| Korean calendar | 4025 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2235 |
- February 14 - Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (died 1754)
- February 25 - Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (died 1775)
- February 29 - John Byrom, English poet (died 1763)
- April 5 - Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (died 1730)
- April 8 - Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer and violinist (died 1770)
- April 22 - James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (died 1770)
- May 18 - Joseph Butler, English bishop and philosopher (died 1752)
- August 3 - John Henley, English minister (died 1759)
- August 18 - Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (died 1740)
- October 25 - Elizabeth Farnese, queen of Philip V of Spain (died 1766)
- November 2 - Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer (died 1766)
- November 6 - Louis Racine, French poet (died 1763)
- November 15 - Eusebius Amort, German Catholic theologian (died 1775)
- November 21 - Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (died 1768)
[edit] Unknown dates
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- See also Category: 1692 births.
[edit] Deaths
- May 18 - Elias Ashmole, English antiquarian (born 1617)
- July 19 - Rebecca Nurse, accused witch (born 1621)
- July 23 - Gilles Ménage, French scholar (born 1613)
- September 19 - Giles Corey, American farmer and accused witch (born c. 1612)
- November 6 - Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (born 1619)
- November 19 - Thomas Shadwell, English poet and playwright (born c.1642)
- December 9 - William Mountfort, English actor and dramatist (born c.1664)
- December 18 - Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (born 1626)
[edit] Unknown dates
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- See also Category: 1692 deaths.
