Today in History for Year 1692

Months in Year 1692: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 16 of 16

Feb 13th - Massacre of Glencoe : About 78 Macdonalds at Glencoe, Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, William of Orange.
Feb 28th - Salem witch hunt begins
Feb 29th - Sarah Good & Tituba, an Indian servant, accused of witchcraft, Salem
Mar 1st - Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, & Tituba arrest for witchcraft (Salem, MA)
Mar 22nd - Emperor Leopold I names duke Earnest August of Braunschweig, king
Mar 26th - King Maximilian installed as land guardian of South Netherlands
Apr 22nd - Edward Bishop is jailed for proposong flogging as cure for witchcraft
May 29th - Battle at La Hogue: English & Dutch fleet beat France
May 29th - Royal Hospital Founders Day 1st celebrated
Jun 7th - Earthquake in Porte Royale, Jamaica, kills 3,000
Jun 24th - Kingston Jamaica founded
Jul 24th - French defeat William III of England at Steinkirk (Enghein)
Aug 3rd - Battle at Steenkerke: French beat English/Dutch army
Aug 19th - 5 women executed for witchcraft in Salem Mass
Sep 22nd - Last (8) person hanged for witchcraft in US (Salem Mass)
Oct 12th - Massachusetts Bay discontinues witch trials

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 24 of 24

Jan 6th - Rynoldus Popma van Oevering, composer
Feb 14th - Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (d. 1754)
Feb 25th - Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775)
Feb 29th - Edward Cave, England, printer (Gentlemen's Magazine)
Feb 29th - John Byrom, English poet (d. 1763)
Mar 14th - Peter Musschenbroek, Dutch physician/physicist (Leyden jar)
Apr 5th - Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730)
Apr 8th - Giuseppe Tartini, Italy, violinist/composer (Trillo del Diavolo)
Apr 12th - Giuseppe Tartini, composer, Istria
May 1st - -31? James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (d. 1770) born during this month
May 3rd - Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1742-51)
May 18th - Joseph Butler, Wantage Berkshire, theologian
May 28th - Joseph Butler, English philosopher (d. 1752)
Aug 3rd - John Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759)
Aug 13th - Anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer, composer
Aug 18th - Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (d. 1740)
Oct 8th - Antonio Palella, composer
Oct 25th - Elisabeth Farnese, princess of Parma/queen of Spain
Oct 31st - Comte de Caylus, French archaeologist (d. 1765)
Nov 2nd - Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer (d. 1766)
Nov 6th - Louis Racine, French poet (d. 1763)
Nov 7th - Johannes G Schnabel, German author/surgeon (Insel Felsenburg)
Nov 15th - Eusebius Amort, German Catholic theologian (d. 1775)
Nov 21st - Carlo Fragoni, Italy, poet

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 14 of 14

Jan 19th - John Commelin, director of Hortus Botanist (Amsterdam), dies at 62
Feb 24th - Antimo Liberati, composer, dies at 74
Mar 25th - Gerardus L Blasius, Flemish anatomist, dies at about 66
Apr 14th - Carlos de Gurrea, Spanish viceroy (Spanish Netherlands), dies
May 18th - Elias Ashmole, antiquary, dies
Jul 10th - Bridget Bishop, 1st Salem witch hanged
Jul 23rd - Gilles Ménage, French scholar (b. 1613)
Oct 12th - Giovanni Battista Vitali, composer, dies at 60
Nov 6th - Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (b. 1619)
Nov 14th - Christoph Bernhard, German composer, dies at 64
Nov 19th - Georg F von Waldeck, German commander-in-chief (Colors), dies
Nov 19th - Thomas Shadwell, English poet and playwright
Dec 9th - William Mountfort, English actor and dramatist
Dec 18th - Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (b. 1626)