Events in year of 1692
- 02-13MacDonald clan murdered on orders of King William III
- 02-28Salem witch hunt begins
- 02-29Sarah Good and Tituba, an Indian servant, accused of witchcraft, Salem
- 03-01Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba arrest for witchcraft (Salem, Massachusetts)
- 03-22Emperor Leopold I names Duke Earnest August of Braunschweig, King
- 03-26King Maximilian installed as land guardian of South Netherlands
- 04-22Edward Bishop is jailed for proposong flogging as cure for witchcraft
- 05-29Battle at La Hogue: English and Dutch fleet beat France
- 05-29Royal Hospital Founders Day 1st celebrated
- 06-07Earthquake in Porte Royale, Jamaica, kills 3,000
- 06-24Kingston Jamaica founded
- 07-24French defeat William III of England at Steinkirk (Enghein)
- 08-03Battle at Steenkerke: French beat English / Dutch army
- 08-195 women executed for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts
- 09-22Last (8) person hanged for witchcraft in US (Salem, Massachusetts)
- 10-12Massachusetts Bay discontinues witch trials
People born in year of 1692
- 01-06Rynoldus Popma van Oevering: Composer
- 03-14Peter Musschenbroek: Dutch Physician / physicist (Leyden jar)
- 05-03Jan J Mauricius: Dutch Governor-General of Suriname (1742-51)
- 05-18Joseph Butler: Wantage Berkshire, United Kingdom -- Theologian
- 08-13Anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer: Composer
- 10-08Antonio Palella: Composer
- 10-25Elisabeth Farnese: Princess of Parma / Queen of Spain
- 11-07Johannes G Schnabel: German author / surgeon (Insel Felsenburg)
- 11-21Carlo Fragoni: Italy -- Poet
People died in year of 1692
- 01-19John Commelin: Director of Hortus Botanist (Amsterdam), dies at 62
- 02-24Antimo Liberati: Composer, dies at 74
- 03-25Gerardus L Blasius: Flemish anatomist, dies at about 66
- 04-14Carlos de Gurrea: Spanish Viceroy (Spanish Netherlands)
- 05-18Elias Ashmole: Antiquary
- 07-10Bridget Bishop: 1st Salem witch hanged
- 10-12Giovanni Battista Vitali: Composer, dies at 60
- 11-14Christoph Bernhard: German composer, dies at 64
- 11-19Georg F von Waldeck: German commander-in-chief (Colors)
Events in year of 1693
- 01-11Mt Etna erupts, Sicily
- 02-06Royal charter granted College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
- 02-08William and Mary college is 2nd college chartered in US
- 02-13College of William and Mary opens
- 06-271st sea battle of Lagos: England and Holland vs. France
- 07-04Battle at Boussu-lez-Walcourt: French-English vs. Dutch army
- 07-08New York City authorizes 1st police uniforms in American colonies
- 07-29Battle at Neerwinden: French beats English / Dutch army
- 08-04Dom Perignon invents champagne
People born in year of 1693
- 01-25Anna Ivanova Romanova: Daughter of Ivan V / empress of Russia (1730-40)
- 01-28Anna "Ivanovna": Tsarina of Russia (1730-40) (2 / 7 NS)
- 01-28Gregor Joseph Werner: Composer
- 02-04George Lillo: Bourgeois English dramatist (London Merchant)
- 03-07Clement XIII [Carlo Rezzonico]: Pope (1758-69)
- 07-21Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st Duke of Newcastle: England, United Kingdom -- Minister of finance
- 08-08Laurent Belissen: Composer
- 08-30Jacobus Nozeman: Dutch composer / Organist
- 11-08Leonhard Trautsch: Composer
- 11-30Christoph Forster: Composer
People died in year of 1693
- 01-06Mehmed IV: Sultan of Turkey, dies at 51
- 02-13Johann Kaspar von Kerll: German composer, dies at 65
- 03-01Benedict Schultheiss: Composer, dies at 39
- 03-09Antonio Caraffa: Italian General (Eperieser Bloedgericht)
- 07-31Willem Calf: Rotterdams still life painter, dies at 73
- 09-14Aert Jansz van Nes [Young boer Jaep]: Lieutenant Admiral, dies at 67
- 10-26Coenraad van Beuningen: Mayor of Amsterdam / diplomat, dies at 71
- 12-13Dodoftei: Romanian metropolitan of Moldavia / writer (Saint Lives)
Events in year of 1694
- 04-10Duke Victor Amadeus of Savoye attacks Casale
- 04-27Frederik August I "the Strong" becomes Monarch of Saksen
- 06-07English invasion army under Thomas Talmash reaches Brest
- 06-08English troop landing at Brest attack (300 killed)
- 06-29Dutch fleet attacks French grain transports
- 07-27Bank of England granted 12 year charter by Act of Parliament
- 09-27Hurricane hits Carlisle Bay Barbados; 27 British ships sink and 3,000 die
- 12-03English parliamentary election set for every 3 years
- 12-20Frederik van Brandenburg flees Schweiben
People born in year of 1694
- 01-30Joseph Joachim Benedict Munster: Composer
- 04-07Coelestin Praelisauer: Composer
- 06-04Francois Quesnay: French personal Physician of Louis XIV
- 06-20Hans A Brorson: Danish poet / Bishop of Ribe
- 07-11Charles-Antoine Coypel: French carpet designer
- 07-26Johann Samuel Endler: Composer
- 08-05Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo: Composer
- 09-05Frantisek Antonin Mica: Composer
- 09-22Lord Chesterfield: Letter writer; introduced Gregorian calendar (1752)
- 10-26Johan Helmich Roman: Finnish / Swedish composer / conductor / violinist
- 11-10Jean-Laurent Krafft: Composer
- 11-21Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet]: France -- Thinker (Candide)
- 12-28Ceslav Vanura: Composer
People died in year of 1694
- 01-06Francesco Morosini: Italian army General
- 02-01John L baron van Elderen: 63rd Bishop of Liege (1688-94), dies at 73
- 04-03Ferdinand van Apshoven de Jongere: Flemish painter, buried at 64
- 04-27Johan Georg IV: Elector of Saxony (1691-94), dies at 25
- 07-07Dokusho: Zen teacher, Obaku line
- 08-08Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld]: French lawyer / theology, dies at 82
- 09-23Francesco Passarini: Composer, dies at 57
- 09-28Mouton: Mathematician
- 10-12Matsuo Basho: Greatest Japanese haiku poet
- 10-16Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf: German lawyer, dies at 62
- 11-08Ulrik Huber: Frisian lawyer / law Historian / polemist, dies at 58
- 11-30Marcello Malpighi: Father of microscopic anatomy