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A listing of all the people accused of Witchcraft and killed because of it. |
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Adamson, Francis: executed at Durham, England, in 1652 |
Albano, Peter of: died in prison circa 1310 |
Allen, Joan: hanged at the Old Bailey, London, England, in 1650 |
Allen, Jonet: burned in Scotland in 1661 |
Amalaric, Madeline: burned in France in mid-1500's |
Ancker, (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628 1629 |
Andrius, Barthelemy: burned at Carcassonne, France in 1330 |
Andrius, Jean: burned at Carcassonne, France in 1330 |
Andrius, Phillippe: burned at Carcassonne, France in 1330 |
Arnold, (first name unknown): hanged at Barking, England, in 1574 |
d'Arc, Joan: burned at Rouen, France, on 30 May, 1431 (note: the witchcraft charge in this case was -implied- and not specific) |
Ashby, Anne: hanged at Maidstone, England, in July, 1652 |
Askew, Anne: burned for witchcraft 1546 |
Audibert, Etienne: condemned for witchcraft in France, on 20 March 1619 Aupetit, Pierre: burned at Bordeaux, France, in 1598 |
Babel, Zuickel: beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 |
Babel, (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 |
Baker, Anne: executed in Leicester, England, in 1619 |
Balcoin, Marie: burned in the reign of Henry IV of France |
Balfour, Alison: burned at Edinburgh, Scotland, on 16 December, 1594 Bannach, (husband) (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 |
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Bannach, (wife) (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 |
Barber, Mary: executed in Northhampton, England, on 22 July, 1612 Barker, Janet: burned in Scotland in 1643 |
Baroni, Catterina: beheaded and burned at Castelnovo, Italy, on 14 April, 1647 |
Barthe, Angela de la: burned at Toulouse, France, in 1275 |
Barton, William: executed in Scotland (year unknown) |
Basser, Fredrick: beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 |
Batsch, (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628 1629 |
Bayerin, Anna: executed at Salzburg, Austria, in 1751 |
Beaumont, Sieur de: accused of witchcraft on 21 October, 1596 |
Bebelin, Gabriel: beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 |
Beck, Viertel: beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 |
Beck, (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Belon, Jean: executed in France, in 1597 |
Berger, Christopher: beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Berrye, Agnes: hanged at Enfield, England, in 1616 |
Bentz, (mother) (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 |
Bentz, (daughter) (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Ger- many, 1628-1629 |
Beuchel, Anna: burned at Waldsee, Germany, in 1581 |
Beutler, (first name unknown) beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 16281629 |
Bill, Arthur: executed in Northhampton, England, on 22 July, 1612 Birenseng, Agata: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 25 June, 1594 Bishop, Briget: hanged at Salem, New England on 10 June, 1692 Bodenham, Anne: hanged at Salisbury, England, in 1653 |
Bonnet, Jean: burned alive at Boissy-en-Ferez, France, in 1583 |
Boram, (mother) (first name unknown): hung at Bury St Edmunds, England, in 1655 |
Boram, (daughter) (first name unknown): hung at Bury St Edmunds, England, in 1655 |
Bolingbroke, Roger: hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, England, on 18 November, 1441 |
Boulay, Anne: burned at Nancy, France, in 1620 |
Boulle, Thomas: burned alive at Rouen, France, on 21 August, 1647 Bowman, Janet: burned in Scotland in 1572 |
Bragadini, Mark Antony: beheaded in Italy in the 1500's |
Brickmann, (first name unknown) beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 |
Brose, Elizabeth: tortured to death in the castle of Gommern, Ger- many, on 4 November, 1660 |
Brown, Janet: burned in Scotland in 1643 |
Browne, Agnes: executed in Northhampton, England, on 22 July, 1612 Browne, Joan: executed in Northhampton, England, on 22 July, 1612 Browne, Mary: hanged at Maidstone, England, in July, 1652 |
Brooks, Jane: hanged in England on 26 March, 1658 |
Brugh, John: burned in Scotland in 1643 |
Buckh, Appollonia: burned at Waldsee, Germany, in 1581 |
Bugler, (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 16281629 |
Bulcock, John: executed in Lancaster, England, in 1612 |
Bulcock, Jane: executed in Lancaster, England, in 1612 |
Bull, Edmund: hanged at Taunton, England, in 1631 |
Bulmer, Matthew: hanged at Newcastle, England, in 1649 |
Burroughs, George: executed at Salem, New England, on 19 August, 1692 |
Bursten-Binderin, (first name unknown) beheaded atWurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 |
Calles, Helen: executed at Braynford, England, on 1 December, 1595 |
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Camelli, Domenica: beheaded and burned at Castelnovo, Italy, on 14 April, 1647 |
Canzler, (first name unknown) beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 16281629 |
Carrier, Martha: executed at Salem, New England, on 19 August, 1692 Caveden, Lucia: beheaded and burned at Castelnovo, Italy, on 14 April, 1647 |
Cemola, Zinevra: beheaded and burned at Castelnovo, Italy, on 14 April, 1647 |
Corey, Martha: executed at Salem, New England, on 22 September, 1692 |
Corey, Giles: prssedto death at Salem, New England, on 19 September, 1692 |
Corset, Janet: killed by a mob at Pittenweem, Scotland, in 1704 |
Challiot, (first name unknown): murdered at St. Georges, France, in February, 1922 |
Chalmers, Bessie: tried for witchcraft in Inverkiething, Scotland 1621 Chambers, (first name unknown): died in prison, in England, in 1693 Chamoulliard, (first name unknown): burned in France, in 1597 |
de Chantraine, Anne: burned as a witch in Waret-la-Chaussee, France, on October 17, 1622 |
Chatto, Marioun: tried for witchcraft in Inverkiething, Scotland 1621 Ciceron, Andre: burned alive at Carcassone, France, in 1335 |
Cockie, Isabel: burnt as a witch, at a cost of 105 s. 4 p., in England 1596 Cox, Julian: executed at Taunton, England, in 1663 |
Couper, Marable: burned in the north of Scotland in 1622 |
Craw, William: burned in Scotland in 1680 |
Crots, (son) (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 |
Cullender, Rose: executed at Bury St Edmunds, England, on 17 March 1664 |
Cumlaquoy, Marian: burned at Orkney, Scotland in 1643 |
Cunningham, John: burned at Edinburgh, in January, 1591 |
Cunny, Joan: hanged in Chelmsford, England, in 1589 |
Deiner, Hans: burned at Waldsee, Germany (year unknown) |
Delort, Catherine: burned at Toulouse, France, in 1335 |
Demdike, Elizabeth: convicted, but died in prison, in Lancaster, England, in 1612 |
DeMolay, Jacques: Grand Master of the Templars, burned in France on 22 March 1312 |
Desbordes, (first name unknown): burned in France, in 1628 |
Deshayes, Catherine: burned on 22 February, 1680 |
Device, Elizabeth: executed in Lancaster, England, in 1612 |
Device, James: executed in Lancaster, England, in 1612 |
Device, Alizon: executed in Lancaster, England, in 1612 Doree, Catherine: executed at Courveres, France, in 1577 |
Dorlady, Mansfredo: burned at Vesoul, France as being the Devil's banker, on 18 January, 1610 |
Dorlady, Fernando: burned at Vesoul, France as being the Devil's banker, on 18 January, 1610 |
Dormar, Anna: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 9 October, 1586 Douglas, Janet: burned at Castle, Hill, Scotland, on 17 July, 1557 Drummond, Alexander: executed in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1670 "Dummy" (name unknown; he was deaf-and-dumb): killed by a mob at Sible Hedingham, England, on 3 August, 1865 |
Duncan, Gellie: hanged in Scotland in 1591 |
Dunhome, Margaret: burned in Scotland (year unknown) |
Dunlop, Bessie: burned at Castle Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1576 |
Duny, Amy: executed at Bury St Edmunds, England, on 17 March, 1664 Dyneis, Jonka: burned in the north of Scotland in 1622 |
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Easty, Mary: executed at Salem, New England, on 22 September, 1692 Echtinger, Barbara: imprisoned for life at Waldsee, Germany, on 24 August, 1545 |
Edelfrau, (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 |
Edwards, Susanna: hanged at Bideford, England in 1682 |
Einseler, Catharina: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 6 July, 1581 |
Erb, Anna: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 9 March, 1586 |
Eyering, (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628- 1629 |
Fian, John: hanged at Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1591 |
Fief, Mary le: of Samur, France, accusedof witchcraft, on 13 October 1573 |
Fleischbaum, (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 |
Flieger, Catharina: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 6 July, 1581 |
Flower, Joan: died before trial, at Lincoln, England, 1619 |
Flower, Margaret: executed at Lincoln, England, in March, 1619 |
Flower, Phillippa: executed at Lincoln, England, in March, 1619 |
Foster, Anne: hanged at Northhampton, England, in 1674 |
Fray, Ursula: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 12 June, 1587 |
Fray, Margaret: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 25 June, 1594 |
Fynnie, Agnes: burned in Scotland in 1643 |
Gabley, (first name unknown): executed at King's Lynn, England, in 1582 Galigai, Leonora:beheaded at the Place de Grieve, France, on 8 July, 1617 |
Garnier, Gilles: burned as a werewolf in Dole, France 1574 |
Gaufridi, Louis: burned at Marseilles, France, at 5:00 pm on 30 April, 1611 |
Geissler, Clara: strangled at Gelnhausen, Germany circa 1630 |
Georgel, Anna Marie de: burned at Toulouse, France, in 1335 |
Geraud, Hughes: burned in France in 1317 |
Gering, (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 16281629 |
Glaser, (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 16281629 |
Glover, Goody: hanged at Salem, New England, in 1688 |
Gobel, Barbara: burned at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1639 |
Goeldi, Anna: hanged at Glaris, Switzerland, on 17 June, 1782 Goldschmidt, (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 |
Good, Sarah: executed at Salem, New England, on 19 July, 1692 Grandier, Urbain, burned at Loudon, France, on 18 August, 1634 Goodridge, Alse: executed at Darbie, England, in 1597 |
Gratiadei, Domenica: beheaded and burned at Castelnovo, Italy, on 14 April, 1647 |
Green, Ellen: executed in Leicester, England, in 1619 |
Greensmith, (first name unknown): hanged in Hartford,New England, on 20 January, 1662 |
Greland, Jean: burned at Chamonix, France, in 1438, with 10 others Grierson, Isobel: burned in Scotland in March, 1607 |
Gutbrod, (first name unknown:) beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628- 1629 |
Haan, George: burned at Bamberg, Germany, circa 1626, with his wife, daughter, and son |
Hacket, Margaret: executed at Tyburn, England, on 19 February, 1585 Hamilton, Margaret: burned in Scotland in 1680 Hafner, (son) (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 |
Hammellmann, Melchoir: beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 |
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Hamyltoun, Christiane: tried for witchcraft in Inverkiething, Scot- land 1621 Hans, David: beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 |
Hans, Kilian: beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 |
Harfner, (first name unknown): hanged herself in the prison of Bamberg, 1628-1629 |
Harlow, Bessie: tried for witchcraft in Inverkiething, Scotland 1621 Harrisson, Joanna, and her daughter: executed in Hertford, England, in 1606 |
Harvilliers, Jeanne: executed in France, in 1578 |
Haus, (wife) (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 |
Hennot, Catherine: burned alive in Germany in 1627 |
Henry III, King of France: assassinated on 1 August, 1589 |
Hewitt, Katherine: executed in Lancaster, England, in 1612 |
Hezensohn, Joachim: beheaded at Waldsee, Germany, in 1557 |
Hibbins, Anne: hanged in Boston, Massachusetts on 19 June, 1656 Hirsch, Nicodemus: beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Hoecker, (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628- 1629 |
Hofschmidt, (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 |
Holtzmann, Stoffel: beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 Hofseiler, (first name unknown): beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany, 1628-1629 |
Hoppo, (first name unknown): executed in Germany in 1599 |
How, Elizabeth: executed at Salem, New England, on 19 July, 1692 Hoyd, Anna: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 24 November, 1586 Huebmeyer, Barbara: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 11 September, 1589 |
Huebmeyer, Appela: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 11 September, 1589 |
Hunt, Joan: hanged in Middlesex, England in 1615 |
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13th Century |
8000 "Stedingers" killed on 27 May, 1234 |
180 burned for witchcraft at Montwimer, France, on 29 May, 1239 |
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14th Century |
36 Knights Templar died under torture in France, in October, 1307 |
54 Knights Templar burned in France, on 12 May, 1310 |
39 Knights Templar burned in France, on 18 March 1314 |
"Some" burned at Kilkenny, Ireland, 1323 |
200 + burned at Carcassonne, France, between 1320-1350 |
63 burned at Toulouse, France, in 1335 |
8 burned at Carcassonne, France, in 1352 |
31 burned at Carcassonne, France, in 1357 |
67 burned at Carcassonne, France, between 1387-1400 |
1 burned at Berlin, Germany, in 1399 |
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15th Century |
"Several" witches burned alive at Simmenthal, Switzerland, circa 1400 |
"Several" burned at Carcassonne, France, in 1423 |
200 + executed in the Valais, France between 1428-1434 |
167 executed in l'Isere, France, between 1428-1447 |
16 executed in Toulouse, France, in 1432 |
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8 executed in Toulouse, France, in 1433 |
150 executed in Briancon, France, in 1437 |
3 burnt in Savoy between 1446 and 1447 |
7 killed at Marmande, France, in 1453 |
1 burned at Locarno, Italy, in 1455 |
"Many" burned in Arras, France in 1459 - 1460 |
2 burned in Burgundy, France, in 1470 |
3 burned at Forno-Rivara, Italy, in 1472 |
2 burned at Levone, in Italy, in 1474 |
5 burned at Forno, Italy, in 1475 |
12 women and "several" men burned at Edinburgh, in 1479 |
4 burned at Metz, Germany, in 1482 |
48 burned at Constance, between 1482-1486 |
2 burned at Toulouse, France, in 1484 |
2 burned in Chaucy, France in 1485 |
1 died in prison, at Metz, Germany 1488 |
3 executed at Mairange, Germany, on 17 June, 1488 |
2 executed at Mairange, Germany, on 25 June, 1488 |
3 executed at Chastel, Germany, on 26 June, 1488 |
3 executed at Metz, Germany, on 1 July, 1488 |
1 executed at Salney, Germany, on 3 July, 1488 |
2 executed at Salney, Germany, on 12 July, 1488 |
3 executed at Salney, Germany, on 19 July, 1488 |
1 executed at Brieg, Germany, on 19 July, 1488 |
2 executed at Juxney, Germany, on 19 August, 1488 |
5 executed at Thionville, Germany, on 23 August, 1488 |
1 executed at Metz, Germany, on 2 September, 1488 |
1 executed at Vigey, Germany, on 15 September, 1488 |
1 executed at Juxney, Germany, on 22 September, 1488 |
An unknown number executed in Spain in 1499. |
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16th Century |
1 executed in France circa 1500 |
3 women were executed in Spain circa 1500. |
30 burned in Calahorra, Spain, in 1507 |
1 burned in Saxony, Germany, in 1510 |
60 burned in Northern Italy, in 1510 |
2 women executed in Spain circa1512. |
500 + burned in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1515 |
2 burned in Besancon, France, in 1521 |
64 burned in Val Camonica, Italy between 1518-1521 |
100 burned in Como, Italy, in 1523 |
1000 + in Como, Italy, in 1524 |
900 executed by Nicholas Remy (years unknown, about 15 years total) |
"A large number" executed at Saragossa, Spain, in 1536 |
7 burned at Nantes, France, in 1549 |
1 burned at Lyons, France, in 1549 |
3 burned alive at Derneburg, Germany, on 4 October, 1555 |
1 burned alive at Bievires, France, in 1556 |
5 burned at Verneuil, France, in 1561 |
17,000 + in Scotland from 1563 to 1603 |
4 burned at Potiers, France, in 1564 |
An unknown number burned at Vernon, Normandy, France, in 1566 |
1 burned at St. Andrews, Scotland, in 1569 |
"Many" burned in France in 1571 |
1 burned at St. Andrews, Scotland, in 1572 |
70,000 killed in England after 1573 |
"Several" executed in Paris, France, in 1574 |
80 executed in one fire at Valery-en-Savoie, France, in 1574 |
3 executed in Dorset, England, in 1578 |
36 persons executed at Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1578 |
18 killed at St. Oses, England, in 1582 |
"Several" burned in Mesolcina, Italy, in 1583 |
368 persons killed for witchcraft between 18 January, 1587, and 18 November, 1593, in the diocese of Treves. |
1 burned at Riom, France, in 1588 |
133 persons burned in one day at Quedlinburg, in Germany, in 1589 |
48 burned in Wurttemberg, Germany, in 1589 |
2 burned at Cologne, Germany in 1589 |
54 burned in Franconia in 1590 |
32 executed in Nordlingen, Germany in 1590 |
300 burned in Bern, Switzerland, between 1591-1600 |
1 burned in Ghent, Holland, in 1591 |
9 executed in Toulouse, France, in 1595 |
2 "vagrants" executed in Eichstatt, Germany, 22 Nov. 1597 |
24 burned in Aberdeen, Scotland, 1597 |
1 burned in Ghent, Holland, in 1598 |
77 burned in Vaud, Switzerland, in 1599 |
10 -daily- were burned (average) in the Duchy of Brunswick between 1590-1600 |
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17th Century |
20 executed (other than those listed by name above) in the reign of King James VI of Scotland and I of England. |
40,000 executed between 1600-1680 in Great Britain |
205 burned at the Abbey of Fulda, Germany, between 1603-1605 |
"Several" witches executed in Derbyshire, England, in 1607 |
24 burned + 3 suicides in Hagenau, Alsace, in 1607 |
"A number of women" burned at Breehin, Scotland, in 1608 |
1 burned alive by a mob at St. Jean de Liuz, France, circa 1608 |
1, a Catholic priest, suicides rather than be tried as a witch, Italy, 1609 |
18 killed at Orleans, France, in 1616 |
9 hanged at Leicester, England, in 1616 |
8 hanged at Londinieres, France, in 1618 |
"Several" witches condemned at Nerac, France, on 26 June, 1619 |
200 + executed at Labourt, France, in 1619 |
2 executed at Bedford, England, in 1624 |
56 executions at Mainz, Germany, between 1626-1629 |
77 executions at Burgstadt, Germany, between 1626-1629 |
40 executions at Berndit, Buttan, Ebenheit, Wenchdorf and Heinbach, Germany, between 1626-1629 |
8 executions in Prozelten and Amorbach, Germany between 1626-1629 |
168 executions in the district of Miltenberg, Germany, between 1626-1629 |
85 burned in Dieburg, Germany, in 1627 |
79 burned at Offenburg, Austria, from 1627-1629 |
29 burned at Würzburg, Germany, between 1627-1629 |
274 executed in Eichstatt, Germany in 1629 |
124 executed by the Teutonic Order at Mergentheim, Germany in 1630 |
900 executions at Bamberg, Germany, between 1627 and 1631 |
22,000 (approx) executed in Bamberg, Germany between 1610 and 1840 |
1 hanged at Sandwich, in Kent, England, in 1630 |
3 executed at Lindheim, Germany in 1631 |
1 executed in Eichstatt, Germany, 1637 |
1 murdered by soldiers in Newbury, England in 1643 |
20 executed in Norfolk, England, on evidence of Matthew Hopkins, before 26 July, 1645 |
29 condemned, on the evidence of Matthew Hopkins, at Chelmsford, England, on 29 July, 1645 |
150 killed in England in the last six months of 1645 |
2 executed at Norwich, England, in 1648 |
14 hanged at Newcastle, England, in 1649 |
220 + in England and Scotland, on evidence of a Scottish Witch-finder, circa 1648-1650 |
2 killed by a mob at Auxonne, France, in 1650 |
30 burned in Lindheim, Germany, between 1640-1651 |
900 killed in Lorraine, France (years unknown) |
30,000 (approx) burned by the Inquisition (not all may have been witches) |
3-4000 killed during Cromwell's tenure in England |
102 burned in Zuckmantel, Germany, in 1654 |
3 Welsh witches hanged at Boughton Chester, on 15 October 1656 |
18 burned at Castle Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1658 |
85 executed at Mohra, Sweden, on 25 August, 1670 |
71 beheaded or burned in Sweden between 1674-1677 |
90 burned at Salzburg, Austria, in 1678 |
11 burned at Prestonpans, Scotland, in 1678 |
36 executed in Paris, France, in 1680 |
"Several" burned at Rouen, France, in 1684-1685 |
3 executed (Suzanna, Isle and Catherine (last names unknown) at Arendsee, Germany, in 1687 |
36 burned at Nordlingen, Germany between 1690-1694 |
5 burned at Paisley, Scotland, on 10 June, 1697 |
9 persons burned at Burghausen, Germany, all under 16 years of age, on 26 March, 1698 |
1 burned in a barrel and drowned, in Irongray Parish, Scotland, 1698 |
1 burned at Antrim, Ireland, in 1699 |
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18th Century |
"Many" burned at Spott Loan, Scotland, in 1705 |
2 persons killed in the Trentino, Austria, between 1716 and 1717 |
1 executed in France, in 1718 |
2 persons, a mother and daughter, burned in Scotland, in 1722 |
"A woman" burned in Sunderland,1722 |
13 burned at Szegedin, Hungary, in 1728 |
1 burned at Szegedin, Hungary, in 1730 |
13 burned alive at Szegedin, Hungary on 23 July, 1738 |
3 burned at Karpfen, Germany, in 1744 |
3 burned at Muhlbach, Germany, in 1746 |
1 executed at Szegedin, Hungary, in 1746 |
1 executed at Maros Vasarheli, (nation unknown), 1752 |
100 + executed at Haeck, Germany between 1772 and 1779 |
2 burned in Poland in 1793 |
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19th Century |
"Several" burned in South America during the 1800's |
1 executed at Kaskaskia, IL, USA, 1870 |
5 burned in Mexico, in 1877 |
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20th Century |
1 shot by a policeman at Uttenheim, Germany, on suspicion of being a were-wolf, in November, 1925 |
1 old woman beaten to death in Hungary 1928 |
1 murdered in Pennsylvania in 1929 |
An unknown number killed in Nazi concentration camps, Third Reich, ca. World War II |
1 killed for sorcery in France, 1977 |
1 stoned to death in Mexico, 1981 |
60 + killed in the Congo, 1990 - 1996 |
300 killed in Kenya, in 1992 |
250 killed in the Northern Province (Africa) in 1994 |
97 women and 40 men killed in South Africa 1994 - 1997 |
70 killed in Northern Transvaal in 1994 |
4 Tojolabal Indians murdered at Lucha Campesina, Chiapas, Mexico, in September 1996 |
2 killed in Lyndenburg (Africa) in 1996 |
A 55 year old woman doused with gasoline and set afire at Hammanskraal, S.A. on 19 July, 1996 |
300 + killed in South Africa between 1986 and 1996 |
2 burned at Gannore, India on 9 Feb. 1997 |
1 burned alive at Verkhnesadovye, Ukraine, January 1997 |
3 murdered by a mob in Yoggu, Ghana, 1997 |
1 beheaded in Saudi Arabia in 1997 |
2 women killed by a mob in Tamale, Ghana, January, 1998 |
100+ killed in Indonesia, 1998 |
1 woman shot in Siqhungwini, SA, January, 1999 |
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267,092 |
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January 20 |
Nine-year-old Elizabeth Parris and eleven-year-old Abigail Williams began to exhibit strange behavior, such as blasphemous screaming, convulsive seizures, trancelike states and mysterious spells. Within a short time, several other Salem girls began to demonstrate similar behavior. |
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Mid-February |
Unable to determine any physical cause for the symptoms and dreadful behavior, physicians concluded that the girls were under the influence of Satan. |
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Late February |
Prayer services and community fasting were conducted by Reverend Samuel Parris in hopes of relieving the evil forces that plagued them. In an effort to expose the "witches," John Indian baked a witch cake made with rye meal and the afflicted girls' urine. This counter-magic was meant to reveal the identities of the "witches" to the afflicted girls. |
Pressured to identify the source of their affliction, the girls named three women, including Tituba, Parris' Carib Indian slave, as witches. On February 29, warrants were issued for the arrests of Tituba, Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne. |
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Although Osborne and Good maintained innocence, Tituba confessed to seeing the devil who appeared to her "sometimes like a hog and sometimes like a great dog." What's more, Tituba testified that there was a conspiracy of witches at work in Salem. |
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March 1 |
Magistrates John Hathorne and Jonathan Corwin examined Tituba, Sarah Good, and Sarah Osborne in the meeting house in Salem Village. Tituba confessed to practicing witchcraft. |
Over the next weeks, other townspeople came forward and testified that they, too, had been harmed by or had seen strange apparitions of some of the community members. As the witch hunt continued, accusations were made against many different people. |
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Frequently denounced were women whose behavior or economic circumstances were somehow disturbing to the social order and conventions of the time. Some of the accused had previous records of criminal activity, including witchcraft, but others were faithful churchgoers and people of high standing in the community. |
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March 12 |
Martha Corey is accused of witchcraft. |
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March 19 |
Rebecca Nurse was denounced as a witch. |
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March 21 |
Martha Corey was examined before Magistrates Hathorne and Corwin. |
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March 24 |
Rebecca Nurse was examined before Magistrates Hathorne and Corwin. |
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March 28 |
Elizabeth Proctor was denounced as a witch. |
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April 3 |
Sarah Cloyce, Rebecca Nurse's sister, was accused of witchcraft. |
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April 11 |
Elizabeth Proctor and Sarah Cloyce were examined before Hathorne, Corwin, Deputy Governor Thomas Danforth, and Captain Samuel Sewall. During this examination, John Proctor was also accused and imprisoned. |
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April 19 |
Abigail Hobbs, Bridget Bishop, Giles Corey, and Mary Warren were examined. Only Abigail Hobbs confessed. |
William Hobbs |
"I can deny it to my dying day." |
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April 22 |
Nehemiah Abbott, William and Deliverance Hobbs, Edward and Sarah Bishop, Mary Easty, Mary Black, Sarah Wildes, and Mary English were examined before Hathorne and Corwin. Only Nehemiah Abbott was cleared of charges. |
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May 2 |
Sarah Morey, Lydia Dustin, Susannah Martin, and Dorcas Hoar were examined by Hathorne and Corwin. |
Dorcas Hoar |
"I will speak the truth as long as I live." |
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May 4 |
George Burroughs was arrested in Wells, Maine. |
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May 9 |
Burroughs was examined by Hathorne, Corwin, Sewall, and William Stoughton. One of the afflicted girls, Sarah Churchill, was also examined. |
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May 10 |
George JacobsSr., his granddaughter Margaret were examined before Hathorne and Corwin. Margaret confessed and testified that her grandfather and George Burroughs were both witches. |
Sarah Osborne died in prison in Boston. |
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Margaret Jacobs |
"... They told me if I would not confess I should be put down into the dungeon and would be hanged, but if I would confess I should save my life." |
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May 14 |
Increase Mather returned from England, bringing with him a new charter and the new governor, Sir William Phips. |
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May 18 |
Mary Easty was released from prison. Yet, due to the outcries and protests of her accusers, she was arrested a second time. |
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May 27 |
Governor Phips set up a special Court of Oyer and Terminer composed of seven judges to try the witchcraft cases. Appointed were Lieutenant Governor William Stoughton, Nathaniel Saltonstall, Bartholomew Gedney, Peter Sergeant, Samuel Sewall, Wait Still Winthrop, John Richards, John Hathorne, and Jonathan Corwin. |
These magistrates based their judgments and evaluations on various kinds of intangible evidence, including direct confessions, supernatural attributes (such as "witchmarks"), and reactions of the afflicted girls. Spectral evidence, based on the assumption that the Devil could assume the "specter" of an innocent person, was relied upon despite its controversial nature. |
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May 31 |
Martha Carrier, John Alden, Wilmott Redd, Elizabeth Howe, and Phillip English were examined before Hathorne, Corwin, and Gedney. |
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June 2 |
Initial session of the Court of Oyer and Terminer. Bridget Bishop was the first to be pronounced guilty of witchcraft and condemned to death. |
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Early June |
Soon after Bridget Bishop's trial, Nathaniel Saltonstall resigned from the court, dissatisfied with its proceedings. |
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June 10 |
Bridget Bishop was hanged in Salem, the first official execution of the Salem witch trials. |
Bridget Bishop |
"I am no witch. I am innocent. I know nothing of it." |
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Following her death, accusations of witchcraft escalated, but the trials were not unopposed. Several townspeople signed petitions on behalf of accused people they believed to be innocent. |
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June 29-30 |
Rebecca Nurse, Susannah Martin, Sarah Wildes, Sarah Good and Elizabeth Howe were tried for witchcraft and condemned. |
Rebecca Nurse |
"Oh Lord, help me! It is false. I am clear. For my life now lies in your hands...." |
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Mid-July |
In an effort to expose the witches afflicting his life, Joseph Ballard of nearby Andover enlisted the aid of the accusing girls of Salem. This action marked the beginning of the Andover witch hunt. |
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July 19 |
Rebecca Nurse, Susannah Martin, Elizabeth Howe, Sarah Good, and Sarah Wildes were executed. |
Elizabeth Howe |
"If it was the last moment I was to live, God knows I am innocent..." |
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Susannah Martin |
"I have no hand in witchcraft." |
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August 2-6 |
George Jacobs, Sr., Martha Carrier, George Burroughs, John and Elizabeth Proctor, and John Willard were tried for witchcraft and condemned. |
Martha Carrier |
"...I am wronged. It is a shameful thing that you should mind these folks that are out of their wits." |
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August 19 |
George Jacobs, Sr., Martha Carrier, George Burroughs, John Proctor, and John Willard were hanged on Gallows Hill. |
George Jacobs |
"Because I am falsely accused. I never did it." |
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September 9 |
Martha Corey, Mary Easty, Alice Parker, Ann Pudeator, Dorcas Hoar, and Mary Bradbury were tried and condemned. |
Mary Bradbury |
"I do plead not guilty. I am wholly innocent of such wickedness." |
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September 17 |
Margaret Scott, Wilmott Redd, Samuel Wardwell, Mary Parker, Abigail Faulkner, Rebecca Eames, Mary Lacy, Ann Foster, and Abigail Hobbs were tried and condemned. |
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September 19 |
Giles Corey was pressed to death for refusing a trial. |
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September 21 |
Dorcas Hoar was the first of those pleading innocent to confess. Her execution was delayed. |
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September 22 |
Martha Corey, Margaret Scott, Mary Easty, Alice Parker, Ann Pudeator, Wilmott Redd, Samuel Wardwell, and Mary Parker were hanged. |
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October 8 |
After 20 people had been executed in the Salem witch hunt, Thomas Brattle wrote a letter criticizing the witchcraft trials. This letter had great impact on Governor Phips, who ordered that reliance on spectral and intangible evidence no longer be allowed in trials. |
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October 29 |
Governor Phips dissolved the Court of Oyer and Terminer. |
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November 25 |
The General Court of the colony created the Superior Court to try the remaining witchcraft cases which took place in May 1693. This time no one was convicted. |
Mary Easty |
"...if it be possible no more innocent blood be shed... |
...I am clear of this sin." |
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This information was obtained from the Salem historical and tourism society. The next part is a letter written by John Proctor to the Boston Ministers. |
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Reverend Gentlemen, |
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The innocency of our case, with the enmity of our accusers an our judges and jury, whom nothing but our innocent blood will serve, having condemned us already before our trials, being so much incensed and enraged against us by the devil, makes us bold to beg and implore your favourable assistance of this our humble tradition to his excellency, that if possible our innocent blood may be spared, which undoubtedly otherwise will be shed, if the Lord doth not mercifully step in; the magistrates, ministers, juries and all the people in general, being so much enraged and incensed against us by the delusions of the devil, which we can term no other, by reason we know in our own consciences we are all innocent persons. |
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Here are five persons who have lately confessed themselves to be witches, and do accuse some of us being along with them at a sacrament, since we were committed into close prison, which we know to be lies. Two of the five are (Carrier's sons) young men, who would not confess anything till they tied them neck and heels, till the blood was ready to come out their noses; and it is credibly believed and reported that this was the occasion of making them confess what they never did, by reason the said one had been a witch a month. And another five weeks my son William Proctor, when he was examined, because he would not confess that he was guilty, when he was innocent, they tied him neck and heels till the blood gushed out at his nose, and would have kept him so twenty-four hours, if one, more merciful than the rest, had not taken pity on him, and caused him to be unbound. |
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These actions are very like the popish cruelties. They have already undone us in our estates, and that will not serve their turns without our innocent blood. if I cannot be granted that we can have our trials in Boston, we humble beg that you would endeavour to have these magistrates change, and other's in their rooms; begging also and beseeching you would be pleased to be here. if not all, some of you, at our trials, hoping thereby you may by means of saving the shedding of our innocent blood. Desiring your prayers to the Lord on our behalf, we rest your poor afflicted servants |
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This information was obtained from the Witches Library and from the Boston museum collection of witchcraft. The next part of this post is a list of the people and places of residence at the time of the trials. |
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The following is a list of those hanged at Gallows Hill, Salem, Massachusetts |
for witchcraft: |
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Bridget Bishop ---- Salem ---- June 10, 1692 |
Sarah Good ---- Salem Village (Danvers) ---- July 19, 1692 |
Susanna Martin ---- Amesbury ---- July 19, 1692 |
Elizabeth Howe ---- Ipswich ---- July 19, 1692 |
Rebecca Nurse (or Nourse) ---- Salem Village (Danvers) ---- July 19, 1692 |
Sarah Wildes ---- Topsfield ---- July 19, 1692 |
George Jacobs ---- Salem Village (Danvers) ---- Aug. 19, 1692 |
Martha Carrier ---- Andover ---- Aug. 19, 1692 |
Reverend George Burroughs ---- Wells, Maine ---- Aug. 19, 1692 |
John Proctor ---- Salem Village (Peabody) ---- Aug. 19, 1692 |
John Willard ---- Salem Village (Danvers) ---- Aug. 19, 1692 |
Martha Corey ---- Salem Village (Peabody) ---- Sep. 22, 1692 |
Mary Easty ---- Topsfield ---- Sep. 22, 1692 |
Alice Parker ---- Salem ---- Sep. 22, 1692 |
Mary Parker ---- Andover ---- Sep. 22, 1692 |
Ann Prudeater ---- Salem ---- Sep. 22, 1692 |
Wilmot Reed ---- Marblehead ---- Sep. 22, 1692 |
Margaret Scott ---- Rowley ---- Sep. 22, 1692 |
Samuel Wardwell ---- Andover ---- Sep. 22, 1692 |
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In addition, 80 year old Giles Corey was pressed to death on Sep. 19, 1692 |
for the "crime" of witchcraft. Giles Corey's execution was dictated because he |
stood mute in court. He refused to plead either innocent or guilty. He simply |
stood in silence. Many of Corey's friends believed he remained silent in court |
because, by doing so under English law, he could leave his property to whomever |
he pleased. Otherwise, the Sheriff would confiscate it. |
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While the term "Salem Witches" is common nowadays, it ignores the fact that |
most of the accused were not from Salem. The jail and site of executions were in |
Salem, but the accused were mostly from other towns and villages in the area. |
Only 10 the 134 who were accused and were held in Salem's Jail were from |
Salem Towne. The complete count was: |
Andover..........38 |
Boxford.............2 |
Boston...............1 |
Amesbury..........1 |
Billerica..............6 |
Beverly...............6 |
Charlestown.......3 |
Chelmsford.........1 |
Gloucester..........3 |
Haverhill.............3 |
Great Island........1 |
Marblehead........2 |
Lynn...................7 |
Malden................1 |
Reading...............4 |
Rowley................1 |
Romney Marsh |
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Revere)...............1 |
Salisbury.............1 |
Salem.................10 |
Salem Village |
(today this is part |
of Danvers and |
of Peabody).........30 |
Topsfield & Ipswich...7 |
Wells, Maine..........1 |
Woburn................3 |
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In addition to the 134 above, another 34 were accused and in various jails |
awaiting trial when Governor Phips released all the prisoners. |
This information is from "The Witches at Salem" by Dick Eastman. And finally, the last part of this post is of trials in other areas of New England during that same time period. |
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May 26, 1647, - Alse Young was hanged for witchcraft, she was the first person executed for witchcraft in New England. |
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Mary Johnson of Wethersfield was indicted for familiarity with the devil and condemned. |
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May 13, 1651, - Between the years of 1645 and 1651, several people were suspected of witchcraft. Mary Parsons was tried in Boston on May 13, 1651, and sentenced to death but was given a reprieve. |
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1651 - Goodwife Bassett was convicted of witchcraft at Stratford. |
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1653 - Two alleged witches were executed in New Haven. |
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1658 - Elizabeth Garlick of Easthampton, Long Island, was tried in Connecticut, but was acquitted. |
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1662 - Mother Greensmith, already in jail for witchcraft, was accused by a young girl by the name of Ann Cole. Mother Greensmith eventually confessed and was executed along with her husband. |
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1669 - Katherine Harrison of Wethersfield was imprisoned on suspicion of witchcraft. |
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1671 - Sixteen-year old Elizabeth Knap accused a highly respected woman of tormenting her, but the woman was able to obtain enough support from the community to fend off her execution. |
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1697 - Winifred Benham and her daughter were excommunicated for witchcraft and acquitted. |
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In Connecticut, there were nine recorded hangings for witchcraft from 1647 to 1662, and two probable ones (nine women and two men). |
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New York remained free from witchcraft, except for the two trials mentioned here. New York became the haven for those able to make their escape from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. |
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1665 - Ralph Hall and Mary Hall were accused of witchcraft, however on August 21, 1668, a release was signed, freeing the Hall's due to there being no proof that they committed the crime of witchcraft. |
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1670 - Katherine Harrison was accused of witchcraft but was vindicated shortly thereafter. |
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