Events

• February 13 - Massacre of Glencoe
• March 1 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of three women with witchcraft.
• June 1 – 3 - The battle of La Hougue is the decisive naval battle in the Nine Years War. The durable dominance of the Royal Navy – beginning with the Invincible Armada – is confirmed and lasted up to the Second World War.
• June 7 - Earthquake destroys Port Royal, capital of Jamaica and submerges major part of it - estimated 1000-3000 dead, 23000 injured
• June 10 - Salem Witch Trials: three women, including Bridget Bishop, hanged for witchcraft.
• August 19 - Salem Witch Trials: three women and four men are hanged for witchcraft.
• September 19 - Salem Witch Trials: a man is pressed to death in an attempt to torture him into entering a plea.
• September 22 - Salem Witch Trials: six women and two men are hanged for witchcraft.

Births

• February 14 - Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (d. 1754)
• February 25 - Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775)
• February 29 - John Byrom, English poet (d. 1763)
• April 5 - Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730)
• April 8 - Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer and violinist (d. 1770)
• April 22 - James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (d. 1770)
• May 18 - Joseph Butler, English bishop and philosopher (d. 1752)
• August 3 - John Henley, English minister (d. 1759)
• August 18 - Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (d. 1740)
• October 25 - Elizabeth Farnese, queen of Philip V of Spain (d. 1766)
• November 2 - Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer (d. 1766)
• November 6 - Louis Racine, French poet (d. 1763)
• November 15 - Eusebius Amort, German Catholic theologian (d. 1775)
• November 21 - Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (d. 1768)

Deaths

• May 18 - Elias Ashmole, English antiquarian (b. 1617)
• July 19 - Rebecca Nurse, accused witch (b. 1621)
• July 23 - Gilles Ménage, French scholar (b. 1613)
• September 19 - Giles Corey, American farmer and accused witch
• November 6 - Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (b. 1619)
• November 19 - Thomas Shadwell, English poet and playwright
• December 9 - William Mountfort, English actor and dramatist
• December 18 - Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (b. 1626)

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