Editing 1692 (section)

=== 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.