1692

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

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Ancient Olympiads' not found. 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.

Events

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.

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.