1692

Years: 1689 1690 1691 - 1692 - 1693 1694 1695

Decades: 1660s 1670s 1680s - 1690s - 1700s 1710s 1720s

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1692 in literature 1692 in science 1692 state leaders

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 10 - Salem Witch Trials: three women hanged for witchcraft.
• August 19 - Salem Witch Trials: three women and four men are hanged for witchcraft.
• 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

• April 8 - Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer and violinist (died 1770)
• April 22 - James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (died 1770)
• May 18 - Joseph Butler, English priest and theologian (died 1752)
• Eusebius Amort, German Catholic theologian (died 1775)

Deaths