WHAT HAPPENED IN 1692.
Look what happened the 1692.

Massacre of Glencoe: About 78 Macdonalds at Glen Coe, Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, William of Orange. (13. February 1692)

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. (1. March 1692)

Bridget Bishop is the first person to go to trial in the Salem witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts. Found guilty, she is hanged on June 10. (2. June 1692)

Port Royal, Jamaica, was hit by a catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1,600 people were killed and 3,000 were seriously injured. (7. June 1692)

Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries". (10. June 1692)

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. (19. August 1692)

Giles Corey is pressed to death after refusing to plead in the Salem witch trials. (19. September 1692)

The last people hanged for witchcraft in England's North American colonies takes place. (22. September 1692)

The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from Massachusetts Governor William Phips. (12. October 1692)