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May 6, 1692Born on Wednesday May 7, 1692
- Cornelius van der Burg, Schiedam
- Aelbregt Peien, Bergchsenhoek
- Elinor Robinson, Northumberland, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
- Cornelis Patijn, Maasland
- Aafje Miggiels
- Georg Sigismund Freiherr Stadl
- Dirk Isaaks Vermaat, Spijkenisse († 1738)
- Dirk Isaaksz Vermaat (Vermaten), Spijkenisse († 1738)
- Henricus Johannes Bertens, Oisterwijk († 1763)
- Cornelis Patijn, Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Died on Wednesday May 7, 1692
- Gertrud Nn, Kloster Oesede
- Hobbe Esaias van Aylva (47), Anjum, Friesland, Nederland
- Anna Maria von Wenninger (41)
- Elisabeth Schneider (8), Erndtebrück, Kreis Wittgenstein
- Hobbe Ulbes Aylva (52), Anjum, Dongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
- Barthold Lambertsz van ECK (36), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Jannetje Willemsd KRAAK (1)
- Johann (Jan) Ester (Esser), Garzweiler, Nordrhein-Westphalen, Germany
- Hobbe Esaiah Ulbes Aylva (47), Anjum, Dongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
- Jacobus VAN STEENBERGEN (62), Tielen, Kasterlee, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
Born on May 7
- 1643 » Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician, 10th Mayor of New York City († 1700)
- 1700 » Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-Austrian physician († 1772)
- 1701 » Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor and composer († 1759)
- 1711 » David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher († 1776)
- 1724 » Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, French-Austrian field marshal († 1797)
- 1740 » Nikolai Arkharov, Russian police officer and general († 1814)
- 1748 » Olympe de Gouges, French playwright and philosopher († 1793)
- 1763 » Józef Poniatowski, Polish general († 1813)
- 1767 » Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia († 1820)
- 1774 » William Bainbridge, American commodore († 1833)
Died on May 7
- 1617 » David Fabricius, German astronomer and theologian (b. 1564)
- 1667 » Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist and composer (b. 1616)
- 1682 » Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661)
- 1685 » Bajo Pivljanin (b. 1630)
- 1718 » Mary of Modena (b. 1658)
- 1793 » Pietro Nardini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1722)
- 1800 » Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (b. 1728)
- 1805 » William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Irish-English general and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737)
- 1815 » Jabez Bowen, American colonel and politician, 45th Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1739)
- 1825 » Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1750)
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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.
- September 22 » The last hanging of those convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials; others are all eventually released.
- October 12 » The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Province.