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July 1, 1692Born on Wednesday July 2, 1692
- Nicolaus Spapen, Tilburg
- Joannes Sanders, Horst, Li.NL († 1771)
- Barbara Martens, Velden
- Frederik Hendrik van Saksen-Weissenfels, Dessau, Saksen-Anhalt († 1711)
- Joannes Sanders, Horst, Limburg, Nederland
- Antonius Theunissen Peters, Nijmegen
- Cornelius Dombergh, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1723)
- Cornelius VAN SANTVLIET, Schoten
- Friedrich Heinrich von Sachsen-Weissenfels-Barby, Dessau, Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland († 1711)
- Johanna Visser, Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Died on Wednesday July 2, 1692
- Maria ? Nibbelen (57)
- Anna Verstrepen (32)
- Geertgen Adriaens Bouwensdr (72)
- Laurent de Forbin
- Magdeleine MERIGON, Saint-Senoch, 37600, France
- Joannes Bauwens (60), Knokke, WVL.BE
- Antje UWES (30), Dantumawâld (Damwâld), Dantumadiel, Fryslân, Nederland
- Anna van Uffelen (57), Middelburg
- Aelbert van Riet (62)
- Albertus van Riet (62), Son
Born on July 2
- 1575 » Elizabeth de Vere, Countess of Derby, English noblewoman and head of state of the Isle of Man († 1627)
- 1597 » Theodoor Rombouts, Flemish painter († 1637)
- 1647 » Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, English politician, Lord President of the Council († 1730)
- 1648 » Arp Schnitger, German organ builder († 1719)
- 1665 » Samuel Penhallow, English-American soldier and historian († 1726)
- 1667 » Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal and art collector († 1740)
- 1714 » Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer († 1787)
- 1724 » Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet and author († 1803)
- 1797 » Francisco Javier Echeverría, Mexican businessman and politician. President of Mexico (1841) († 1852)
- 1819 » Charles-Louis Hanon, French pianist and composer († 1900)
Died on July 2
- 1578 » Thomas Doughty, English explorer
- 1582 » Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1528)
- 1591 » Vincenzo Galilei, Italian lute player and composer (b. 1520)
- 1619 » Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1547)
- 1621 » Thomas Harriot, English astronomer, mathematician, and ethnographer (b. 1560)
- 1656 » François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-French general (b. 1611)
- 1674 » Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1614)
- 1743 » Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1673)
- 1746 » Thomas Baker, English antiquarian and author (b. 1656)
- 1778 » Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher and composer (b. 1712)
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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)
- 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".
- 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.
- 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.