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Born on Saturday August 30, 1692
- Franciscus Petrus Goijaerts van de VEN, Oirschot, 4059, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Joanna Janssen Luijten († 1772)
- Joanna Van Loock, Waarloos (Kontich), 2550, Anvers, Flandre, Belgique
- Cornelia Rotti, Leiden
- Jan NIEMCZAK NIEMIEC, Dzietrzniki
- Jacobus Jacobs, Zemst
- Catharina Ketelers, Scherpenheuvel
- Petrus Willems, Bree
- Jean Francois Leplat, Wattrelos, 59650, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
- Jean CHAUVINEAU, Sanxay, 86600, France († 1740)
Died on Saturday August 30, 1692
- Cornelia Matheus van de Riet (30), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Aris Jansz Doets, Beets, Nederland
- Ionitsa Cantacuzène (28)
- Gerrit Gerrits Luth (52), Leiden
- Joseph LADEROUTE (0)
- Aris Jans DOETS (57), Beets
- Joseph SEGUIN (0), Boucherville, Montérégie, Qc
- Anneken Peter van Iersel, Udenhout,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Adriaan Wolfert (51)
- Bouwen Jacobsz (59), Stolwijk
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 30, 1692 at Delpher
Born on August 30
- 1574 » Albert Szenczi Molnár, Hungarian writer and translator († 1634)
- 1609 » Artus Quellinus the Elder, Flemish sculptor († 1668)
- 1609 » Sir Alexander Carew, 2nd Baronet, English politician († 1644)
- 1627 » Itō Jinsai, Japanese philosopher († 1705)
- 1716 » Capability Brown, British landscape architect († 1783)
- 1720 » Samuel Whitbread, English brewer and politician, founded Whitbread († 1796)
- 1748 » Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator († 1825)
- 1768 » Joseph Dennie, American author and journalist († 1812)
- 1797 » Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright († 1851)
- 1812 » Agoston Haraszthy, Hungarian-American businessman, founded Buena Vista Winery († 1869)
Died on August 30
- 1500 » Victor, Duke of Münsterberg and Opava, Count of Glatz (b. 1443)
- 1580 » Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (b. 1528)
- 1604 » John Juvenal Ancina, Italian Oratorian and bishop (b. 1545)
- 1619 » Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1535)
- 1621 » Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī, co-founder of Isfahan School of Islamic Philosophy (b. 1547)
- 1751 » Christopher Polhem, Swedish physicist and engineer (b. 1661)
- 1773 » Peshwa Narayan Rao, Prime Minister of Maratha Empire (b. 1755, assassinated)
- 1856 » Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English lawyer and author (b. 1811)
- 1879 » John Bell Hood, American general (b. 1831)
- 1886 » Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general and politician (b. 1836)
Names that were popular for boys in 1692
- Jan
- Joannes
- Cornelis
- Willem
- Petrus
- Pieter
- Johannes
- Jacob
- Jacobus
- Jean
- John
- Hendrik
- Gerrit
- Thomas
- Johann
- Adrianus
Names that were popular for girls in 1692
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Joanna
- Neeltje
- Cornelia
- Mary
- Johanna
- Elizabeth
- Jannetje
- Anne
- Grietje
- Adriana
- Trijntje
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.
- 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.
- 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.