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.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1660s 1670s 1680s – 1690s – 1700s 1710s 1720s |
| Years: | 1689 1690 1691 – 1692 – 1693 1694 1695 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1692 MDCXCII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2445 |
| Armenian calendar | 1141 ԹՎ ՌՃԽԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6442 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1613–1614 |
| Bengali calendar | 1099 |
| Berber calendar | 2642 |
| English Regnal year | 4 Will. & Mar. – 5 Will. & Mar. |
| Buddhist calendar | 2236 |
| Burmese calendar | 1054 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7200–7201 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 4388 or 4328 — to — 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 4389 or 4329 |
| Coptic calendar | 1408–1409 |
| Discordian calendar | 2858 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1684–1685 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5452–5453 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1748–1749 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1613–1614 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4792–4793 |
| Holocene calendar | 11692 |
| Igbo calendar | 692–693 |
| Iranian calendar | 1070–1071 |
| Islamic calendar | 1103–1104 |
| Japanese calendar | Genroku 5 (元禄５年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1615–1616 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 4025 |
| Minguo calendar | 220 before ROC 民前220年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 224 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2234–2235 |
| 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 |
Events
January–June
- March 1 – The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony, with the charging of 3 women with witchcraft.
- 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 – Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged for witchcraft.
July–December
- September 8 – An earthquake in Brabant of scale 5.8 is felt across the Low Countries, Germany and England.[1]
- 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.
- Salem witch trials:
- September 19 – Giles Corey is pressed to death, in an attempt to coerce a confession from him of witchcraft. By the end of September, 14 women and 5 men have been hanged.
- September 22 – The last of those convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials are hanged; the remainder of those convicted are all eventually released.
- October 21 – In Barbados, a slave revolt is crushed.
Births
- June 28 – Louisa Maria Teresa Stuart, Princess of England, Scotland, and Ireland
- August 18 – Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (d. 1740)
- October 25 – Elisabeth Farnese, queen of Philip V of Spain (d. 1766)
Deaths
- July 19 – Rebecca Nurse, accused Massachusetts witch (b. 1621)
References
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