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May 19, 1692Born on Tuesday May 20, 1692
- Jean LAURENCIN, Le Mottier,38260,Isère,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE († 1765)
- Roelof op Baltinck, Almen, Gelderland, Nederland
- Godefridus Boest, Heerlen, Limburg, Niederlande
- Hendrick Swiersen, Hengelo
- Petrus Cauwels, Maldegem, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1725)
- Joanna Judocus BANCKERS, Bakel en Milheeze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1730)
- Abigail Andrews († 1711)
- Jean Baptiste EVRARD, Rosult, 59230, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE
- Claas Lammertsz Verwer, Blaricum
- Magdalena de Man, Culemborg
Died on Tuesday May 20, 1692
- Jacques MOTTART (82), Grâce-Hollogne (Hollogne-aux-Pierres),4460,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
- Anna Johanni de Jonge (64), Baarle-Hertog, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Geert te Nijenhuis
- Anna Johanni de JONGE (64), Baarle-Hertog
- Joanne Maria van Waesberghe (0), Eeklo, België
- Jacques Mottar
- Guillaume RAVERDEAU (72), Saint loup de Buffigny aube 10
- Catherine CARLIER (44), Nukerke,9681,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
- Annitge Abrahams Marckenborg
- François CHAUMAISON (45), Sannat (23-Creuse), France
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 20, 1692 at Delpher
Born on May 20
- 1664 » Andreas Schlüter, German sculptor and architect († 1714)
- 1726 » Francis Cotes, English painter and academic († 1770)
- 1743 » Toussaint Louverture, Haitian revolutionary, general, and president († 1803)
- 1759 » William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1828)
- 1769 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician († 1835)
- 1772 » Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets († 1828)
- 1776 » Simon Fraser, American-Canadian fur trader and explorer († 1862)
- 1795 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) († 1854)
- 1799 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright († 1850)
- 1806 » John Stuart Mill, English economist, civil servant, and philosopher († 1873)
Died on May 20
- 1622 » Osman II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1604)
- 1645 » Shi Kefa, Chinese general and calligrapher (b. 1601)
- 1648 » Władysław IV Vasa, Polish son of Sigismund III Vasa (b. 1595)
- 1677 » George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, Spanish-English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1612)
- 1713 » Thomas Sprat, English bishop (b. 1635)
- 1717 » John Trevor, Welsh lawyer and politician, 102nd Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1637)
- 1722 » Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1669)
- 1732 » Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)
- 1782 » William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1701)
- 1793 » Charles Bonnet, Swiss botanist and biologist (b. 1720)
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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 2 » Bridget Bishop is the first person to be tried for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts; she was found guilty and later hanged.
- 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".
- October 12 » The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Province.