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Born on Saturday December 6, 1692
- Casper van Polanen, Leiden († 1746)
- Lambertien Reynierse van Sitteren, Elburg (HE)
- Georg Nicolaas Hülsen van Eckeln Bisschop van Smolensk, Dagda, Letgallen, Letland († 1775)
- Joanna Vercauteren, Elversele
- Joanna Vercauteren, Elversele, België
- Catharina Jansen Verhees, Lierop, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Johan Jacob van Reenen, 's Gravenhage († 1779)
- Cornelis Joannes van de Loo van de LOOIJ, Oirschot,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1747)
- Anne Marie BOTERDALLE, Arc, Hainaut, Wallonie, Belgique
- Joanna Cornelia Barbara SEGHERS, Lokeren,9160,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1785)
Died on Saturday December 6, 1692
- ANNE GREVILLE (24)
- Livie de Chandieu, Lyon
- Adolph Christoph von Mengersen (49), Helpensen
- Adolf Christoph van Mengersen Heer van Reelkirchen (49), Gut Helpensen, Hameln, Nedersaksen
- Anne Dergnoust (d'Ergnoust), Berlijn, Berlijn, Duitsland
- Petrus De Belder, Broechem
- Henricus Rijkaers, Schijndel, Nederland
- Popke Claessen
- Laureijs Stevens van den Bosch (71)
- Susanna de Pauw (1), Maldegem, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from December 6, 1692 at Delpher
Born on December 6
- 1592 » William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle († 1676)
- 1608 » George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1670)
- 1637 » Edmund Andros, English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York († 1714)
- 1640 » Claude Fleury, French historian and author († 1723)
- 1642 » Johann Christoph Bach, German organist and composer († 1703)
- 1685 » Marie Adélaïde of Savoy († 1712)
- 1721 » Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French minister and politician († 1794)
- 1721 » James Elphinston, Scottish philologist and linguist († 1809)
- 1752 » Gabriel Duvall, American jurist and politician († 1844)
- 1778 » Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist († 1850)
Died on December 6
- 1616 » Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi, Moroccan writer, judge and mathematician (b. 1552)
- 1618 » Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)
- 1658 » Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author (b. 1601)
- 1675 » John Lightfoot, English priest, scholar, and academic (b. 1602)
- 1686 » Eleonora Gonzaga, Queen consort of Ferdinand III (b. 1630)
- 1716 » Benedictus Buns, Dutch priest and composer (b. 1642)
- 1718 » Nicholas Rowe, English poet and playwright (b. 1674)
- 1746 » Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1665)
- 1771 » Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist and pathologist (b. 1682)
- 1779 » Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)
Names that were popular for boys in 1692
Names that were popular for girls in 1692
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1692
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- February 13 » Massacre of Glencoe: Almost 80 Macdonalds at Glen Coe, Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, William of Orange.
- March 1 » Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.
- June 7 » Port Royal, Jamaica, is hit by a catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1,600 people are killed and 3,000 are seriously injured.
- June 10 » Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft and Sorceries".
- August 19 » Salem witch trials: In Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
- October 12 » The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Province.