Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1692

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Literature

Sir William Temple, Miscellanies, ed. Jonathan Swift, vol. 2 (other volumes in 1680 and 1701)

Theatre

John Dryden and Henry Purcell, King Arthur, performed at Dorset Garden
Thomas Southerne, The Wives' Excuse
Lord Mohun and others kill Mountfort, the actor, in an attempt to kill Anne Bracegirdle, actress

Art

Music

Science, Technology, & Medicine

Politics & Law

Over one hundred fifty people are accused and twenty are hanged for practicing witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts

Philosophy & Theology

Sor Juana Inéz de la Cruz, Segundo volumen, containing El sueño, El cetro de José, El mártir del Sacramento, San Hermenegildo, and El divino Narciso

Milestones

Miscellaneous

The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg, Virginia

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