1692
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| Decades: | 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s |
| Years: | 1689 1690 1691 1692 1693 1694 1695 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1692 MDCXCII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2445 |
| Armenian calendar | 1141 ԹՎ ՌՃԽԱ |
| 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 |
| Iranian calendar | 1070 – 1071 |
| Islamic calendar | 1103 – 1104 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2235 |
1692 (MDCXCII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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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 1 – 3 - The battle of La Hougue is the decisive naval battle in the Nine Years War. The durable dominance of the Royal Navy – beginning with the Invincible Armada – is confirmed and lasted up to the Second World War.
- June 7 - Earthquake destroys Port Royal, capital of Jamaica and submerges major part of it - estimated 1000-3000 dead, 23000 injured
- June 10 - Salem Witch Trials: three women, including Bridget Bishop, hanged for witchcraft.
- 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.
Births
- 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)
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)
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