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Georg Adam StruveGEORG ADAM STRUVE German jurist Date: 1619 - 1692
Thomas Shadwell - 1THOMAS SHADWELL Playwright, including The Lancashire witches : poet laureate, ridiculed by Dryden. Date: 1642 - 1692
Thomas Shadwell - 2THOMAS SHADWELL Playwright, including The Lancashire witches : poet laureate, ridiculed by Dryden. Date: 1642 - 1692
Richard SteelRICHARD STEEL (or Steele) nonconformist churchman Date: 1629 - 1692
Frabrizio RuffoFABRIZIO RUFFO Italian naval commander [Warning - there are many persons with this name] Date: ? - 1692
Francis PeckFRANCIS PECK churchman, prebendary of Lincoln, and antiquary. with his autograph Date: 1692 - 1743
Jane MiddletonJANE MIDDLETON Decorative ornament of the court of Charles II. Date: 1645 - 1692
Gilles MenageGILLES MENAGE French scholar Date: 1613 - 1692
John March, ChurchmanJOHN MARCH English churchman, vicar of Newcastle Date: 1640 - 1692
Nathaniel Lee - 2NATHANIEL LEE Poet and playwright Date: 1653 - 1692
Nathaniel Lee - 1NATHANIEL LEE Poet and playwright Date: 1653 - 1692
Pierre De LA ChausseePIERRE CLAUDE NIVELLE de LA CHAUSSEE French writer Date: 1692 - 1754
Johann LasseniusJOHANN LASSENIUS German churchman and theologian Date: 1636 - 1692
Isaac KimberISaC KIMBER English baptist churchman and writer. Date: 1692 - 1755
John Orator HenleyORATOR JOHN HENLEY English churchman, rector of Chelmondiston, Suffolk. Date: 1692 - 1756
Joseph HighmoreJOSEPH HIGHMORE artist, depicted with palette and brushes. Date: 1692 - 1780
Johann Heinrich BoeclerJOHANN HEINRICH BOECLER German philologist, churchman and councillor. Date: 1611 - 1692
Scotland / GlencoeScotland/Glencoe
New England WitchesThe sinister appearance of a wolf at Salem Date: 1692
Site of the Glencoe Massacre at Glencoe Pass, Argyllshire, Scotland, where the Macdonald clan were defeated by the treacherous Campbell clan in February 1692
EDINBURGHA narrow, steep close, believed to date from 1544, named after Sir James Stewart of Goodtrees, Lord Advocate of Scotland 1692-1709 and 1711-13
Musschenbroek / FiguierPIETER VAN MUSSCHENBROEK Dutch mathematician and physicist
Musschenbroek / HoubrakenPIETER VAN MUSSCHENBROEK Dutch mathematician and physicist
Christian Gott. HoffmannCHRISTIAN GOTTFRIED HOFFMANN von Hoffmannswaldau German jurist and statesman
Naval Battle LA HogueBATTLE OF LA HOGUE / BARFLEUR The British/Dutch fleet under Russel and Almonde defeats the French fleet under de Tourville; Rooke destroys 15 French vessels
Clan Macdonald of GlencoClan MACDONALD OF GLENCO [spelt thus] - his mournful face shows he is remembering the 1692 massacre of his clan by Campbell of Breadalbane, and perhaps plotting revenge
Duchesse Orleans 1692CHARLOTTE-ELISABETH de Baviere (Bavaria), duchesse d ORLEANS
French Lady of QualityA French lady of quality during the reign of Louis XIV
Adrienne Lecouvreur / OvalADRIENNE LECOUVREUR talented actress of the Comedie Francaise, who died in mysterious circumstances, perhaps poisoned by a rival
Charles FleetwoodCHARLES FLEETWOOD General in the Parliament Army
Tartinis DreamTARTINIs DREAM In a visionary dream, the devil plays the music he needs for the final passage of a piece, known in consequence as the Devils Trill Sonata
Battle of SteenkerkeWilliam III leads the English against the French under the Marechal de Luxembourg : an initial English success is repulsed, ending in a tactical victory for the French
Adrienne LecouvreurADRIENNE LECOUVREUR French actress, popular in Moliere and Racine, died under suspicious circumstances, perhaps poisoned by a rival
Events / Thailand (Siam)Frontispiece to a Dutch book on Siam
Joseph ButlerJOSEPH BUTLER Bishop of Durham
Salem TrialA witch trial in Massachusetts - the accusing girls point at the victim : There is a flock of yellow birds around her head
New England WitchAn old woman is arrested as a witch
