Events in the year

1692 Events January–March * January 24 – At least 75 residents of what is now York, Maine are killed in the Candlemas Massacre, carried out by French soldiers led by missionary Louis-Pierre Thury, along with a larger force of Abenaki and ...

in Norway.

Incumbents

* Monarch:

Christian V Christian V (15 April 1646 25 August 1699) was king of Denmark and Norway from 1670 until his death in 1699. Well-regarded by the common people, he was the first king anointed at Frederiksborg Castle chapel as absolute monarch since the decree ...

Events

*February – The last of the Finmark witch trials takes place, Anders Poulsen, an old Sámi shaman is put on trial. *The first Chief of police is hired in Bergen. *The ironwork is established.

Arts and literature

Old Gimmestad Church Old Gimmestad Church ( no, Gimmestad gamle kyrkje) is a former (historic) parish church of the Church of Norway in Gloppen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sørstranda. It was once the church for the Gimm ...

is built.

Births

*29 December –

Thomas Angell Thomas Angell (c.1616–1694) was one of the four men who wintered with Roger Williams at Seekonk, Plymouth Colony in early 1636, and then joined him in founding the settlement of Providence Plantation in what became the Colony of Rhode Island a ...

, merchant, philanthropist (died

1767 Events January–March * January 1 – The first annual volume of ''The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris'', produced by British Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, gives navigators the ...

Deaths

*11 February –

Anders Paulsen Anders Poulsen (died 1692), was a Sami noaidi, who was the last victim of the many Vardø witch trials, which took place between 1621 and 1692.Rune Blix Hagen: Traces of Shamanism in the Witch Trials of Norway: The 1692 Trial of the Sami Shaman An ...

, Sami noaidi (born c. 1600).

Cuisine

* 13 June - The first known recipe for

Bløtkake Bløtkake is a type of layer cake from Norway. It consists of layers of ''sukkerbrød'', or sugar bread, cream or custard, and fresh fruit. It is typically served in the summer months or around Constitution Day in Norway. The same cake is known i ...

is written down.

References

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