1692
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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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 |
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| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
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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
- February 13 – Massacre of Glencoe: The forces of Robert Campbell slaughter 38 members of the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe for allegedly refusing to sign an oath of allegiance to King William III of England.
- March 1 – The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony, with the charging of 3 women with witchcraft.
- 1-3 June – The Battle of La Hougue is the decisive naval battle in the Nine Years' War, ending in an Anglo-Dutch victory.
- June 7 – An afternoon earthquake and three resultant tidal waves destroy Port Royal, capital of Jamaica and submerges a major part of it – an estimated 2,000 are immediately killed, 2,300 injured, and a probable additional 2,000 die from the diseases which ravage 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 trial investigations and convictions lead to several months of hangings. By the end of September 14 women, including Bridget Bishop, and 5 men had been hanged. Another man tortured to death in an attempt to coerce a guilty plea from him by crushing him with rocks.
[edit] July – December
- 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.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1692 MDCXCII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2445 |
| Armenian calendar | 1141 ԹՎ ՌՃԽԱ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -152 – -151 |
| Berber calendar | 2642 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2236 |
| Burmese calendar | 1054 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7200 – 7201 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛未年十一月十四日 (4328/4388-11-14) — to —
壬申年十一月廿四日(4329/4389-11-24) |
| Coptic calendar | 1408 – 1409 |
| 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) |
| Korean calendar | 4025 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2235 |
- February 14 – Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (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)
- See also Category: 1692 births.
[edit] Deaths
- May 6 – Nathaniel Lee, English dramatist(b. c. 1653)
- May 9 – Albrecht of Saxe-Weissenfels, German prince (b. 1659)
- May 18 – Elias Ashmole, English antiquarian (b. 1617)
- June 7 – Pierre Bailloquet, Jesuit missionary to the Canadian Indians (b. 1612)
- July 19 – Rebecca Nurse, accused witch (b. 1621)
- July 23 – Gilles Ménage, French scholar (b. 1613)
- August 3 – James Douglas, Earl of Angus, Scottish nobleman and soldier (b. 1671)
- August 4 – Jean-Michel-d'Astorg Aubarede, Vicar Capitular of Pamiers (b. 1639)
- September 19 – Giles Corey, American farmer and accused wizard (b. c. 1612)
- November 6 – Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (b. 1619)
- November 19 – Thomas Shadwell, English poet and playwright (b. c.1642)
- December 9 – William Mountfort, English actor and dramatist (b. c.1664)
- December 18 – Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (b. 1626)
- See also Category: 1692 deaths.
