Year by year · 17th century
1692
1692 in world history: 4 events, 2 births, 1 death, 1 work, 3 states founded and 1 that came to an end. 1,149 recorded states existed that year.
Events
Salem witch trial examinations begin
Magistrates questioned Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and the enslaved woman Tituba in Salem Village, Massachusetts. Accusations spread, and by autumn twenty people had been executed.
Earthquake sinks much of Port Royal, Jamaica
A violent earthquake plunged two-thirds of the buccaneer town into the sea, killing some 2,000 people at once. Many saw it as divine judgement on 'the wickedest city on Earth'.
Bridget Bishop is hanged in the Salem witch trials
Bridget Bishop was the first person executed in the Salem witch trials. By September eighteen more had been hanged, and one man had been pressed to death.
The last executions of the Salem witch trials take place
Martha Corey, Mary Eastey, Alice Parker, Mary Parker, Ann Pudeator, Wilmot Redd, Margaret Scott and Samuel Wardwell were hanged for witchcraft, the last executions of the Salem witch trials. Nineteen were hanged in all before Governor William Phips halted the trials.
Born in 1692 2
Died in 1692 1
Works 1
States founded 3
States that came to an end 1
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