Occult:This month in history/April
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- April - Accused witch, Margaret Aitken, is arrested on suspicion of witchcraft. (1597)
- April 1 - The Last Supper of Jesus Christ. (30)
- April 3 - Jack the Ripper is believed to commit his first murder. (1888)
- April 4 - Michael Servetus is arrested in Rome on charges of heresy. (1553)
- April 7 - Traditional date of the crucifiction of Jesus Christ. (30)
- April 8 - Aleister Crowley hears the voice of Aiwass, convincing him to write The Book of the Law. (1904)
- April 11 - Occultist Anton Szandor LaVey is born. (1930)
- April 11 - Doctor, occultist, and warlock, Frederick Santee dies. (1980)
- April 13 - Astrologer Sybil Leek appears on American television for the first time. (1964)
- April 18 - Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome. (1909)
- April 20 - Suspected necromancer, William II de Soules, is executed for treason. (1321)
- April 25 - The Satanic Temple receives 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status as a nonprofit church. (2019)
- April 28 - Thiess of Kaltenbrun, the Livonian Werewolf, is brought to trial. (1691)