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

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).

[edit] Events of 1692

February 13 - Massacre of Glencoe: The forces of Robert Campbell slaughter 38 members of the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe.
March 1 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony, with the charging of 3 women with witchcraft.
June 1–3 - The Battle of La Hougue is the decisive naval battle in the Nine Years' War, ending in an English 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: The Salem witch trials begin months of hangings.

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 have been hanged. Another man is tortured to death in an attempt to coerce a guilty plea from him.

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.

See also Category: 1692 births.

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.

Centuries:	16th century - 17th century - 18th century
Decades:	1660s 1670s 1680s - 1690s - 1700s 1710s 1720s
Years:	1689 1690 1691 - 1692 - 1693 1694 1695