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* '''21 August''' - Astronomer '''[[Tycho Brahe]]''' observes a [[solar eclipse]] which he had predicted. ''(1560)'' | * '''21 August''' - Astronomer '''[[Tycho Brahe]]''' observes a [[solar eclipse]] which he had predicted. ''(1560)'' | ||
* '''21 August''' - A '''[[Voodoo]]''' ceremony turns into a violent rebellion sparking the Haitian Revolution. ''(1791)'' | * '''21 August''' - A '''[[Voodoo]]''' ceremony turns into a violent rebellion sparking the Haitian Revolution. ''(1791)'' | ||
* '''21 August''' - Principal photography for [[occult]] horror film '''[[Rosemary's Baby]]''' begins in New York City. ''(1967)'' | * '''21 August''' - Principal photography for [[occult]] horror film '''''[[Rosemary's Baby]]''''' begins in New York City. ''(1967)'' | ||
* '''22 August''' - English King '''[[Richard III]]''' dies in battle. ''(1485)'' | * '''22 August''' - English King '''[[Richard III]]''' dies in battle. ''(1485)'' | ||
* '''24 August''' - Accused [[witch]] '''[[Rebecca Nurse]]''' is baptized. ''(1634)'' | * '''24 August''' - Accused [[witch]] '''[[Rebecca Nurse]]''' is baptized. ''(1634)'' | ||
Latest revision as of 05:19, 22 August 2025
- 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)
- 4 August - Voodoo priestess Marie Laveau marries Jacques Paris in New Orleans. (1819)
- 9 August - Flemish painter Hieronymus Bosch dies. (1516)
- 10 August - Astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel determines Sirius has an unseen companion. (1844)
- 10 August - Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard bigamously marries his second wife, Sara. (1946)
- 12 August - Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins dies of tuberculosis. (1647)
- 16 August - Angeline Tubbs, the Witch of Saratoga, dies. (1856)
- 16 August - Blues musician Robert Johnson, who signed a diabolical pact with Satan, dies. (1938)
- 16 August - The Satanic Temple publicly unveils a statue of Baphomet in Little Rock, Arkansas. (2018)
- 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)
- 20 August - Johannes Trithemius writes a letter warning of a conman named Georgius Sabellicus. (1507)
- 20 August - Horror author H. P. Lovecraft is born in Providence, Rhode Island. (1890)
- 21 August - Astronomer Tycho Brahe observes a solar eclipse which he had predicted. (1560)
- 21 August - A Voodoo ceremony turns into a violent rebellion sparking the Haitian Revolution. (1791)
- 21 August - Principal photography for occult horror film Rosemary's Baby begins in New York City. (1967)
- 22 August - English King Richard III dies in battle. (1485)
- 24 August - Accused witch Rebecca Nurse is baptized. (1634)
- 25 August - Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible is born. (1530)
- 25 August - Galileo Galilei demonstrates his telescope to Venetian lawmakers. (1609)
- 25 August - The occult horror film The Ninth Gate premiers in Spain. (1999)
- 29 August - Lilias Adie dies in prison, accused of witchcraft. (1704)
- 29 August - Austrian painter Christoph Haizmann visits a church in Pottenbrunn seeking an exorcism. (1677)
- 31 August - Mary Ann Nicholas is murdered, the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims. (1888)