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What Happened In History Year 1692

Historical Events for the Year 1692

  • 13th February » Massacre of Glencoe: About 78 Clan Donald called Macdonalds at Glen Coe, Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, William III of England or William of Orange.
  • 1st March » Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Danvers, Massachusetts called Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.
  • 2nd June » Bridget Bishop is the first person to go to trial in the Salem witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts. Found guilty, she is hanged on June 10.
  • 7th June » Port Royal, Jamaica, was hit by a 1692 Jamaica earthquake e.g catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1,600 people were killed and 3,000 were seriously injured.
  • 10th June » Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries".
  • 19th August » Salem witch trials: In Salem, Massachusetts called Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
  • 19th September » Giles Corey is Pressing (execution) named pressed to death after refusing to plead in the Salem witch trials.
  • 12th October » The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from Massachusetts Governor William Phips.

Famous Birthdays in 1692

  • 14th February » Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French playwright (d. 1754)
  • 25th February » Karl Ludwig von Pöllnitz, German author and adventurer (d. 1775)
  • 29th February » John Byrom, English poet (d. 1763)
  • 5th April » Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730)
  • 8th April » Giuseppe Tartini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1770)
  • 18th May » Joseph Butler, English bishop, theologian, and apologist (d. 1752)
  • 28th May » Geminiano Giacomelli, Italian composer (d. 1740)
  • 3rd August » John Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759)
  • 18th August » Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (d. 1740)
  • 31st October » Anne Claude de Caylus, French archaeologist (d. 1765)
  • 2nd November » Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer and diplomat (d. 1766)
  • 6th November » Louis Racine, French poet (d. 1763)
  • 15th November » Eusebius Amort, German poet and theologian (d. 1775)
  • 21st November » Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni, Italian poet and academic (d. 1768)

Famous Deaths in History for 1692

  • 12th February » Hendrick Hamel, Dutch sailor and bookkeeper (b. 1630)
  • 29th March » Nicolaus Bruhns, Danish-German organist, violinist, and composer (b. 1665)
  • 10th May » Sarah Osborne, American woman accused of witchcraft (b. 1643)
  • 18th May » Elias Ashmole, English astrologer and politician (b. 1617)
  • 10th June » Bridget Bishop, English-American woman executed for witchcraft (b. 1632)
  • 19th July » Sarah Good, American woman accused of witchcraft (b. 1653)
  • 19th July » Susannah Martin, American woman accused of witchcraft (b. 1621)
  • 23rd July » Gilles Ménage, French lawyer, philologist, and scholar (b. 1613)
  • 19th August » John Proctor, English-American farmer (b. 1632)
  • 19th September » Giles Corey, English-American farmer (b. 1611)
  • 22nd September » Martha Corey, American woman accused of witchcraft (b. 1620)
  • 6th November » Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French author and poet (b. 1619)
  • 18th December » Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German politician and scholar (b. 1626)

Historical events for the year 1692 by month