1692 in England

• Monarchs – William III and Mary II

• 19 February – Princess Anne leaves the court after quarrelling with her sister, Queen Mary.{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer|first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=198–200|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}
• 2 May – first performance of Henry Purcell's semi-opera The Fairy-Queen at the Queen's Theatre, Dorset Garden, in London.
• 5 May – Queen Mary orders the imprisonment of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough for alleged treasonous support of the Jacobites.
• 29 May–4 June – War of the Grand Alliance: The threat of a French invasion of England is diminished by victory at the Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue.{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/286|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/286 286]}}
• 3 August – War of the Grand Alliance: the allied forces of England and the Dutch Republic led by King William III of England are defeated at the Battle of Steenkerque.
• 8 September – an earthquake in Brabant of scale 5.8 is felt across the Low Countries, Germany and England.{{cite book|title=Agricultural Records|last=Stratton|first=J. M.|publisher=John Baker|year=1969|isbn=0-212-97022-4}}
• 22 November – first performance of Henry Purcell's Ode to St. Cecilia.Gentleman's Journal, November 1692, cited in [http://imslp.org/wiki/Hail,_bright_Cecilia!_Ode_for_St._Cecilia%27s_Day_1692,_Z.328_(Purcell,_Henry) Rimbault's edition], London: Musical Antiquarian Society Publications, 1848, p. 2.

• c.200 collier ships are wrecked in a storm off Winterton Ness with the loss of around a thousand lives.{{cite book|first=Daniel|last=Defoe|author-link=Daniel Defoe|title=A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain}}
• An Act for encourageing the apprehending of Highway Men offers rewards for the apprehension of highwaymen.
• Lloyd's coffee house in London becomes the main office for marine insurance.
• First publication of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, as Chronicon Saxonicum, edited with a Latin translation by Edmund Gibson.

• 29 February – John Byrom, poet (died 1763)
• 18 May – Joseph Butler, bishop and philosopher (died 1752){{cite web |title=Joseph Butler {{!}} British bishop and philosopher {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Butler |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=4 February 2022 |language=en}}
• 3 August – John Henley, minister (died 1759)
• John Huxham, surgeon (died 1768)

• 18 May – Elias Ashmole, antiquarian (born 1617)
• 4 October – Charles Fleetwood, Parliamentarian soldier and politician (born c. 1618)
• c. November? – Edmund Ludlow, last surviving regicide, exiled in Switzerland (born c. 1617)
• 19 November – Thomas Shadwell, poet and playwright (born c. 1642)
• 9 December – William Mountfort, actor and playwright (born c. 1664)

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