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1st March 1692: First of the Salem ‘witches’ face magistrates in Massachusetts

  • 1st March 2021
  • Tagged as: America, Execution, Hanging, Religion, Society, USA, Witchcraft

On the 1st March 1692, the Salem witch trials began when Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba were brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts.

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7th February 1495: Savonarola’s Bonfire of the Vanities

  • 7th February 2021
  • Tagged as: Culture, Florence, Italy, Medici, Religion, Renaissance, Savonarola

Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola led the burning of thousands of objects in the Bonfire of the Vanities.

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21st December 1620: The first Mayflower Pilgrims land at Plymouth

  • 21st December 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Emigration, Mayflower, Pilgrims, Religion

The first of the Mayflower Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, where they established the Plymouth Colony.

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17th December 497 BCE: The first Saturnalia festival celebrated in ancient Rome

  • 17th December 2020
  • Tagged as: Ancient, Christmas, Festival, Religion, Rome, Saturn, Saturnalia

The Saturnalia festival was dedicated to Roman god, Saturn.

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24th November 1859: Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species

  • 24th November 2020
  • Tagged as: Evolution, Literature, Religion, Research, Science

On the 24th November 1859, English naturalist and geologist Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species, the ground-breaking book that is considered by many to be the foundation of evolutionary biology.

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31st October 1517: Martin Luther reputedely posts his 95 Theses

  • 31st October 2020
  • Tagged as: Catholicism, Christianity, Germany, Pope, Protestantism, Reformation, Religion

On the 31st October 1517, the foundations of the Protestant Reformation were laid when Martin Luther reputedly nailed his ‘Ninety-five Theses’ to the door of All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg – a town in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.

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6th October 1683: Germantown founded in the Pennsylvania Colony

  • 6th October 2020
  • Tagged as: Germany, Immigration, Pennsylvania, Quaker, Religion, USA, William Penn

Germantown was founded in the Pennsylvania Colony by immigrant Quaker and Mennonite families.

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18th August 1612: Trial of the Pendle Witches begins

  • 18th August 2020
  • Tagged as: Britain, England, Execution, Law, Religion, Superstition, Trial, Witchcraft

On the 18th August 1612, the trials of nine Lancashire women and two men known as the Pendle Witches began.

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21st July 1925: ‘Monkey Trial’ finds John T. Scopes guilty of teaching evolution

  • 21st July 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Christianity, Creationism, Darwin, Evolution, Law, Religion, Tennessee, Trial, USA

John Thomas Scopes, a substitute science teacher in Tennessee, was found guilty of teaching evolution in school.

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24th June 1374: Dance Plague breaks out in Aachen, Germany

  • 24th June 2020
  • Tagged as: Dancing, Medieval, Middle Ages, Plague, Religion, Superstition

On the 24th June 1374, people in Aachen in Germany suddenly and mysteriously began dancing in the streets and didn’t stop for many weeks.

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