13th February » Massacre of Glencoe: About 78 Clan Donald called Macdonalds at Glen Coe, Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, William III of England or William of Orange.
1st March » Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Danvers, Massachusetts called Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.
2nd June » Bridget Bishop is the first person to go to trial in the Salem witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts. Found guilty, she is hanged on June 10.
7th June » Port Royal, Jamaica, was hit by a 1692 Jamaica earthquake e.g catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1,600 people were killed and 3,000 were seriously injured.
10th June » Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries".
19th August » Salem witch trials: In Salem, Massachusetts called Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
19th September » Giles Corey is Pressing (execution) named pressed to death after refusing to plead in the Salem witch trials.
12th October » The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from Massachusetts Governor William Phips.
Famous Birthdays in 1692
14th February » Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French playwright (d. 1754)
25th February » Karl Ludwig von Pöllnitz, German author and adventurer (d. 1775)