1692 in science

Events

• In the American colonies, the Salem [witch trials] develop, following 250 years of witch-hunts in Europe.

Mathematics

• The tractrix, sometimes called a tractory or equitangential curve, is first studied by Christiaan Huygens, who gives it its name.
• John Arbuthnot publishes Of the Laws of Chance, the first work on probability theory in English.

Medicine

• Thomas Sydenham's Processus integri is published posthumously.

Births

• April 22 – James [Stirling (mathematician)|James Stirling], Scottish mathematician

Deaths

• May – John [Banister (naturalist)|John Banister], English missionary and botanist, accidentally shot