1692

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
March 1: Salem witch trials: Tituba Parris becomes the first of 200 people arrested for trial on charges of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts.
1692 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1692
MDCXCII
Ab urbe condita2445
Armenian calendar1141
ԹՎ ՌՃԽԱ
Assyrian calendar6442
Balinese saka calendar1613–1614
Bengali calendar1099
Berber calendar2642
English Regnal yearWill. & Mar. – 5 Will. & Mar.
Buddhist calendar2236
Burmese calendar1054
Byzantine calendar7200–7201
Chinese calendar辛未年 (Metal Goat)
4389 or 4182
    — to —
壬申年 (Water Monkey)
4390 or 4183
Coptic calendar1408–1409
Discordian calendar2858
Ethiopian calendar1684–1685
Hebrew calendar5452–5453
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1748–1749
 - Shaka Samvat1613–1614
 - Kali Yuga4792–4793
Holocene calendar11692
Igbo calendar692–693
Iranian calendar1070–1071
Islamic calendar1103–1104
Japanese calendarGenroku 5
(元禄5年)
Javanese calendar1615–1616
Julian calendarGregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar4025
Minguo calendar220 before ROC
民前220年
Nanakshahi calendar224
Thai solar calendar2234–2235
Tibetan calendar阴金羊年
(female Iron-Goat)
1818 or 1437 or 665
    — to —
阳水猴年
(male Water-Monkey)
1819 or 1438 or 666
June 14: French Navy attempt to invade England thwarted at Battle of La Hougue.

1692 (MDCXCII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1692nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 692nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 92nd year of the 17th century, and the 3rd year of the 1690s decade. As of the start of 1692, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

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January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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Births

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Petrus Wesseling born 7 January
Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée born 14 February
Christian David born 17 February
John Byrom born 29 February
Pieter van Musschenbroek born 14 March
Joseph Highmore born 13 June
Louisa Maria Stuart born 28 June
Elisabeth Farnese born 25 October
Anne Claude de Caylus born 31 October
Louis Racine born 6 November
Laurentius Blumentrost born 8 November

January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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Deaths

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Fernando de Valenzuela, 1st Marquis of Villasierra died 7 January
Wang Fuzhi died 18 February
Antimo Liberati died 24 February
Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken died 3 March
Princess Luisa Cristina of Savoy died 12 May
Elias Ashmole died 18 May
Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons died 3 June
Bridget Bishop died 10 June
Rebecca Nurse died 19 July
Gilles Ménage died 23 July
George Burroughs died 19 August
Martha Carrier (Salem witch trials) died 19 August
Giles Corey died 19 September
Martha Corey died 22 September
Charles Fleetwood died 4 October
Thomas Shadwell died 19 November
John Russell (clergyman) died 10 December

January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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References

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  1. ^ Lynch, Michael, ed. (February 24, 2011). The Oxford companion to Scottish history. Oxford University Press. p. 272. ISBN 9780199693054.
  2. ^ Fred Espenak. "EclipseWise - Annular Solar Eclipse of 1692 Feb 17". eclipsewise.com. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Jenkins, E. H. (1973). A History of the French Navy. ISBN 0-3560-4196-4.
  4. ^ J. E. Kaufmann and H. W. Kaufmann, The Forts and Fortifications of Europe 1815–1945: The Neutral States (Pen & Sword Military, 2014) p. 2
  5. ^ Michael Lynn, Popular Science and Public Opinion in Eighteenth-century France (Manchester University Press, 2018) pp. 97-98
  6. ^ Fred Espenak. "EclipseWise - Total Solar Eclipse of 1692 Aug 12". eclipsewise.com. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
  7. ^ Stratton, J. M. (1969). Agricultural Records. John Baker. ISBN 0-212-97022-4.
  8. ^ "Adrienne Lecouvreur | French actor | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  9. ^ "Joseph Butler | British bishop and philosopher | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved February 4, 2022.


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