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26th May 1647: Alse Young of Windsor, Connecticut, is the first person to be executed for witchcraft in America

  • 26th May 2021
  • Tagged as: America, Colonies, Connecticut, Superstition, Thirteen Colonies, USA, Witch, Witchcraft

Young was executed in Hartford on 26th May 1647.

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

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