Year (''' MDCXCII ''') was a Leap Year Starting On Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year Starting On Friday of the 10-day slower Julian Calendar ).
: Battle Of La Hougue .]]
- Jamaica Earthquake .]]
- June 10 - Salem Witch Trial investigations and convictions lead to several months of hangings. By the end of September twelve women, including Bridget Bishop, and six men had been hanged. Another man was Tortured to death in an attempt to coerce a guilty plea from him.
- February 14 - Pierre-Claude Nivelle De La Chaussée , French writer (died 1754 )
- February 25 - Karl Ludwig, Freiherr Von Pöllnitz , German adventurer and writer (died 1775 )
- February 29 - John Byrom , English poet (died 1763 )
- April 5 - Adrienne Lecouvreur , French actress (died 1730 )
- April 8 - Giuseppe Tartini , Italian composer and violinist (died 1770 )
- April 22 - James Stirling , Scottish mathematician (died 1770 )
- May 18 - Joseph Butler , English bishop and philosopher (died 1752 )
- August 3 - John Henley , English minister (died 1759 )
- August 18 - Louis Henri, Duc De Bourbon , Prime Minister of France (died 1740 )
- October 25 - Elizabeth Farnese , queen of Philip V Of Spain (died 1766 )
- November 2 - Unico Wilhelm Van Wassenaer , Dutch composer (died 1766 )
- November 6 - Louis Racine , French poet (died 1763 )
- November 15 - Eusebius Amort , German Catholic theologian (died 1775 )
- November 21 - Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni , Italian poet (died 1768 )
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