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Personal data Richard Knight 

  • He was born in the year 1613 in Cowden, Kent, England.
  • He died in the year 1692 in Kent, England, he was 79 years old.
  • He is buried on October 31, 1692 in Kent, England.
  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.

Household of Richard Knight

He is married to Sibilla Lyndsey.

They got married on March 18, 1640 at Kent, England, he was 27 years old.

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Historical events

Day of burial October 31, 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)
  • In the year 1692: Source: Wikipedia
    • 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.

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