Difference between revisions of "Occult:This month in history/August"

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1 August Occultist Edward Kelley is born. (1555)
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)
12 August - Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins dies of tuberculosis. (1647)
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)
19 August - Occultist and author Damien Echols is freed from prison after making an Alford Plea. (2011)
25 August - Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible is born. (1530)
29 August - Austrian painter Christoph Haizmann visits a church in Pottenbrunn seeking an exorcism. (1677)

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+* '''1 August''' [[Occultist]] '''[[Edward Kelley]]''' is born. ''(1555)''
+* '''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)''
+* '''12 August''' - Witchfinder General '''[[Matthew Hopkins]]''' dies of tuberculosis. ''(1647)''
 * '''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)''
+* '''19 August''' - [[Occultist]] and author '''[[Damien Echols]]''' is freed from prison after making an Alford Plea. ''(2011)''
+* '''25 August''' - Russian Tsar '''[[Ivan the Terrible]]''' is born. ''(1530)''
+* '''29 August''' - Austrian painter '''[[Christoph Haizmann]]''' visits a church in Pottenbrunn seeking an [[exorcist|exorcism]]. ''(1677)''