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The following are all documented incidents in the "Burning times."
The dates have been excerpted from "Locksley's Book of Days" copyright
1989 W. J. Bethancourt III and are used by permission of the author.
ONLY incidents solely relating to witchcraft accusations have been
included, and the survey ends circa 1650 CE. NO incidents after that year
have been recorded in this list.
JANUARY:
8: A letter was sent to the Berwickshire (Scotland) Naturalists' Club
inviting them to attend the judging and
burning of some witches 1650
12: Archibald and Thomas Wanderson ordered to pay one hundred marks fine
for court expenses to try their wives as witches.
The wives were executed 1644
18: Gilles Garnier burned as a werewolf in Dole, France 1574
27: Agnes Sampsoune tried, strangled, and burnt for a witch in Scotland 1591
FEBRUARY:
4: One "Leclerc" is condemned for witchcraft, in France 1615
13: Bessie Harlow, Bessie Chalmers, Beatrice Mundie, Christiane Hamyltoun,
Margaret Kent, and Marioun Chatto tried for witchcraft
in Inverkiething, Scotland 1621
18: Isabel Cockie burnt as a witch, at a cost of 105 s. 4 p. 1596
MARCH:
18: Burning of 39 Knights Templar in France 1314
20: Etienne Audibert condemned for witchcraft in France 1619
22: Burning of Jacques De Molay, Grand Master of the Templars 1312
APRIL:
4: Condemnation for witchcraft of three members of the Samuels family
in Warboys, England 1593
30: Execution of Louis Gaufiedi, for witchcraft 1611
MAY:
6: A man named Leger condemmned for witchcraft in France 1616
12: 54 Knights Templars burned in France 1310
JUNE:
25: Euphemia Macalzean burned alive in Scotland for witchcraft 1591
26: Several witches condemned at Nerac, France 1619
JULY:
16: Burning of Anne Askew 1546
20: Abel de la Rue, of Coulommiers, France, accused of witchcraft 1592
AUGUST:
6: Execution of Johannes Junius of Bamberg, as a witch 1628
20: Execution of the Lancashire Witches 1612
SEPTEMBER:
21: The Dean of Guild, William Dun, granted 47 pounds, three shillings,
and 4 pence for "the great number of
witches burnt this year" 1597
OCTOBER:
2: One "Rosseau and his daughter", of France, accused of witchcraft 1593
13: Mary le Fief, of Samur, France, accused of witchcraft 1573
21: The Sieur de Beaumont accused of witchcraft 1596
26: Execution of Gilles de Rais, on charges of witchcraft 1440
NOVEMBER:
3: Petronilla de Meath burned as a witch, the first such burning
in Ireland 1324
DECEMBER:
5: The Pope sets severe penalties against German witches and magicians 1484
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