1692 Facts for Kids

This article is about the year 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

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.
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.