Editing 1692 (section)

== Events ==
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=== January–March ===
* [[January 24]] – At least 75 residents of what is now [[York, Maine]] are killed in the [[Raid on York (1692)|Candlemas Massacre]], carried out by French soldiers led by missionary [[Louis-Pierre Thury]], along with a larger force of [[Abenaki]] and [[Penobscot]] Indians under the command of Penobscot Chief [[Madockawando]] during [[King William's War]], between the French colonists and their indigenous allies, against the English colonists.
* [[January 30]] – English Army General [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]], a close adviser to King [[William III of England]], is fired from all of his jobs by the English Secretary of State, [[Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham|the Earl of Nottingham]], on orders of [[Mary II of England]].
* [[February 13]] – [[Massacre of Glencoe]]: The forces of [[Robert Campbell of Glenlyon|Robert Campbell]] slaughter around 40 members of the [[Clan MacDonald of Glencoe]] in [[Scotland]] (from whom they have previously accepted hospitality), for delaying to sign an oath of allegiance to King [[William III of England]].<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Lynch |editor1-first=Michael |title=The Oxford companion to Scottish history |date=February 24, 2011 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199693054 |page=272}}</ref>
* [[February 17]] – An annular [[solar eclipse]] is visible across Russia, western Mongolia, Xinjiang, Iran, Afghanistan and Iran.<ref name="EclipsewiseSe1692feb17aprime">{{Cite web|url=https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/1601-1700/SE1692Feb17Aprime.html|title=EclipseWise - Annular Solar Eclipse of 1692 Feb 17|website=eclipsewise.com|author=Fred Espenak|accessdate=October 1, 2022}}</ref>
* [[March 1]] – The [[Salem witch trials]] begin in [[Salem Village, Massachusetts|Salem Village]], [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]], with the charging of 3 women with [[witchcraft]]. [[Tituba]], a slave owned by [[Samuel Parris]], is the first to be arrested, and she implicates [[Sarah Good]] and [[Sarah Osborne]], who are arrested later in the day.
* [[March 22]] – The [[Kangxi Emperor]] of the [[Qing dynasty]] issues the [[Chinese Rites controversy#Reception in China|Edict of Toleration]], recognizing all the members of the [[Roman Catholic Church]], not just the [[Jesuits]], and legalizing missions and their conversion of Chinese people to the Christian Faith.

=== April–June ===
* [[April 18]] – [[Giles Corey]], [[Mary Warren (Salem witch trials)|Mary Warren]], [[Abigail Hobbs]] and [[Bridget Bishop]], all residents of [[Salem, Massachusetts]], are arrested and charged with the practice of witchcraft.
* [[May 2]] – The first performance of the semi-opera ''[[The Fairy-Queen]]'' by [[Henry Purcell]], based on [[William Shakespeare]]'s comedy ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', takes place at the [[Queen's Theatre, Dorset Garden]] in London.
* [[May 29]] (May 19 O.S.) – [[Nine Years' War]]: [[Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue|Battle of Barfleur]] – The Anglo-Dutch fleet breaks the French line off the [[Cotentin Peninsula]], foiling the French plan to invade England.<ref name=Jenkins>{{cite book|last=Jenkins|first=E. H.|title=A History of the French Navy|year=1973|isbn=0-3560-4196-4}}</ref>
* [[June 13]]–[[June 14|14]] (June 3–4 O.S.) – Nine Years' War: [[Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue|Battle of La Hogue]] – The action begun at Barfleur ends with further destruction of the French fleet.<ref name=Jenkins/>
* [[June 7]] – [[1692 Jamaica earthquake|Jamaica earthquake]]: An earthquake and related [[tsunami]] destroy [[Port Royal]], capital of [[Jamaica]], and submerge a major part of it; an estimated 2,000 are immediately killed, 2,300 injured, and a probable additional 2,000 die from the diseases which ravage the island in the following months.
* [[June 8]] – During a famine in [[Mexico City]], an [[angry mob]] torches the [[Viceroy]]'s palace and ignites the [[archive]]s; most of the documents and some paintings are saved by royal [[geographer]] [[Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora]].
* [[June 10]] – The [[Salem witch trials]]' first victim, [[Bridget Bishop]], is hanged for witchcraft.

=== July–September ===
* [[July 1]] – The [[Siege of Namur (1692)|siege]] of the Belgian city of [[Namur]] in the Spanish Netherlands ends as Dutch General [[Menno van Coehoorn]] capitulates to King [[Louis XIV]] of France after five weeks. The siege, a battle in the ongoing [[Nine Years War]], had begun on May 24.<ref>J. E. Kaufmann and H. W. Kaufmann, ''The Forts and Fortifications of Europe 1815–1945: The Neutral States'' (Pen & Sword Military, 2014) p. 2</ref>
* [[July 5]] – Wine shop owner Antoine Savetier and his wife are murdered by thieves in the French city of [[Lyon]], and a peasant named [[Jacques Aymar-Vernay]] is called in as a detective to solve the case. Aymar finds one of the perpetrators, Joseph Arnoul, who confesses to the crime and implicates two accomplices who manage to escape. Arnoul is executed by being "broken on the wheel" on August 30.<ref>Michael Lynn, ''Popular Science and Public Opinion in Eighteenth-century France'' (Manchester University Press, 2018) pp. 97-98</ref>
* [[August 12]]
** The city of [[Ponce, Puerto Rico|Ponce]] is founded in [[Puerto Rico]].
** A total [[solar eclipse]] is visible in the South Atlantic Ocean.<ref name="EclipsewiseSe1692aug12tprime">{{Cite web|url=https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/1601-1700/SE1692Aug12Tprime.html|title=EclipseWise - Total Solar Eclipse of 1692 Aug 12|website=eclipsewise.com|author=Fred Espenak|accessdate=October 1, 2022}}</ref>
* [[September 8]] – An earthquake in [[Duchy of Brabant|Brabant]] of [[Richter magnitude scale|scale]] 5.8 is felt across the [[Low Countries]], Germany and [[Kingdom of England|England]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Agricultural Records|last=Stratton|first=J. M.|publisher=John Baker|year=1969|isbn=0-212-97022-4}}</ref>
* [[September 14]] – [[Diego de Vargas]] leads Spanish colonists in retaking the city of [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]], after a 12-year exile, following the [[Pueblo Revolt]] of [[1680]].
* [[September 19]] – [[Giles Corey]] is [[Peine forte et dure|pressed]] to death in an attempt to coerce a confession from him of [[witchcraft]] during the [[Salem witch trials]].   
* [[September 22]] – The last of those convicted of witchcraft in the [[Salem witch trials]] are hanged. By the end of September, 14 women and 5 men have been executed by hanging. The remainder of those convicted are all eventually released.
* [[September 27]] – The trial for sorcery of [[Anne Palles]] of Denmark begins, and she gives a long confession of giving her body and soul to Satan. The court finds her guilty on November 2 and sentences her to death.

=== October–December ===
* [[October 21]] – In [[Barbados]], a slave revolt is crushed.
* [[October 30]] – The King of Spain donates the lands that become the municipalities of [[San Francisco, Lempira|San Francisco]] and [[Mapulaca]] in [[Honduras]].
* [[November 5]] – [[Mohamed bin Hajj Ali Thukkala]] becomes the new [[List of Maldivian monarchs|Sultan]] of the [[Maldives]] as Muhammad Ali IV.
* [[November 8]] – [[William Mountfort]]'s play ''[[Henry II (play)|Henry The Second, King Of England; With The Death Of Rosamond]]'' is given its first performance, premiering at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane|Drury Lane]] Theatre.
* [[December 5]] – [[John Goldsborough]] arrives in [[Madras]] as the new administrator of the [[British East India Company]].
* [[December 14]] – [[Maratha Confederacy|Maratha Empire]] General [[Santaji Ghorpade]] defeats Mughal Emperor [[Aurangzeb]]'s General Alimardan Khan, captures him and brings him back to fort [[Gingee Fort|Jinjee]] near [[Madras]].
* [[December 23]] – [[Nahum Tate]] is named as the new [[Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom]] and serves for 22 years until his death.
* [[December 24]] – The French ship ''[[French ship Soleil-Royal (1692)|Soleil Royal]]'', a three-decker First Rank ship with 104 guns, is launched at [[Brest, France|Brest]] Dockyard.
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