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* '''1 August''' [[Occultist]] '''[[Edward Kelley]]''' is born. ''(1555)'' | * '''1 August''' [[Occultist]] '''[[Edward Kelley]]''' is born. ''(1555)'' | ||
* '''1 August''' - Witchfinder '''[[Margaret Aitken]]''' is exposed as a fraud. ''(1597)'' | * '''1 August''' - Witchfinder '''[[Margaret Aitken]]''' is exposed as a fraud. ''(1597)'' | ||
* '''4 August''' - Scottish nobleman '''[[William II de Soules]]''' is brought before the Black Parliament on charges of treason. ''(1320)'' | * '''4 August''' - Scottish nobleman '''[[William II de Soules]]''' is brought before the Black Parliament on charges of treason. ''(1320)'' | ||
* '''10 August''' - Iconoclastic riots begin leading '''[[Weyn Ockers]]''' to throw her shoe at a statue of the Virgin Mary. ''(1566)'' | |||
* '''10 August''' - Astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel determines '''[[Sirius]]''' has an unseen companion. ''(1844)'' | |||
* '''12 August''' - Witchfinder General '''[[Matthew Hopkins]]''' dies of tuberculosis. ''(1647)'' | * '''12 August''' - Witchfinder General '''[[Matthew Hopkins]]''' dies of tuberculosis. ''(1647)'' | ||
* '''16 August''' - '''[[Angeline Tubbs|Angeline Tubbs, the Witch of Saratoga]]''', dies. ''(1856)'' | |||
* '''29 August''' - '''[[Lilias Adie]]''' dies in prison, accused of [[witchcraft]]. ''(1704)'' | * '''29 August''' - '''[[Lilias Adie]]''' dies in prison, accused of [[witchcraft]]. ''(1704)'' | ||
* '''18 August''' - French priest '''[[Urbain Grandier]]''' is convicted of "magic, maleficence, and possession." ''(1634)'' | * '''18 August''' - French priest '''[[Urbain Grandier]]''' is convicted of "magic, maleficence, and possession." ''(1634)'' | ||
* '''19 August''' - Five people are executed in the '''[[Salem Witch Trials]]'''. ''(1692)'' | |||
* '''19 August''' - [[Occultist]] and author '''[[Damien Echols]]''' is freed from prison after making an Alford Plea. ''(2011)'' | * '''19 August''' - [[Occultist]] and author '''[[Damien Echols]]''' is freed from prison after making an Alford Plea. ''(2011)'' | ||
* '''21 August''' - A '''[[Voodoo]]''' ceremony turns into a violent rebellion sparking the Haitian Revolution. ''(1791)'' | |||
* '''25 August''' - Russian Tsar '''[[Ivan the Terrible]]''' is born. ''(1530)'' | * '''25 August''' - Russian Tsar '''[[Ivan the Terrible]]''' is born. ''(1530)'' | ||
* '''25 August''' - '''[[Galileo Galilei]]''' demonstrates his telescope to Venetian lawmakers. ''(1609)'' | |||
* '''29 August''' - Austrian painter '''[[Christoph Haizmann]]''' visits a church in Pottenbrunn seeking an [[exorcist|exorcism]]. ''(1677)'' | * '''29 August''' - Austrian painter '''[[Christoph Haizmann]]''' visits a church in Pottenbrunn seeking an [[exorcist|exorcism]]. ''(1677)'' | ||
* '''31 August''' - Mary Ann Nicholas is murdered, the first of '''[[Jack the Ripper]]'s''' confirmed victims. ''(1888)'' | |||