Occult:This month in history/April

Sybil Leek casting a circle in New England

April - Accused witch, Margaret Aitken, is arrested on suspicion of witchcraft. (1597)
1 April - The Last Supper of Jesus Christ. (30)
1 April - Comet Hale-Bopp showed perihelion. (1997)
3 April - Jack the Ripper is believed to commit his first murder. (1888)
4 April - Michael Servetus is arrested in Rome on charges of heresy. (1553)
5 April - Egyptologist Howard Carter dies in Cairo. (1923)
5 April - The First Omen, a prequel to The Omen is released. (2024)
6 April - Irish poet W.B. Yeats undergoes a "Steinach operation" and experiences renewed vigor for the rest of his life. (1934)
7 April - Traditional date of the crucifiction of Jesus Christ. (30)
7 April - Alfred Watkins, a British businessman who popularized the theory of Ley lines, dies. (1935)
8 April - Aleister Crowley hears the voice of Aiwass, convincing him to write The Book of the Law. (1904)
11 April - Occultist Anton Szandor LaVey is born. (1930)
11 April - Doctor, occultist, and warlock, Frederick Santee dies. (1980)
13 April - Accused witch Bridget Bishop marries her first husband. (1660)
13 April - Astrologer Sybil Leek appears on American television for the first time. (1964)
18 April - Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome. (1909)
19 April - Danish astrology Tycho Brahe begins studying at the University of Copenhagen. (1559)
20 April - Suspected necromancer, William II de Soules, is executed for treason. (1321)
25 April - The Satanic Temple receives 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status as a nonprofit church. (2019)
28 April - Thiess of Kaltenbrun, the Livonian Werewolf, is brought to trial. (1691)
29 April - French saint Joan of Arc arrives to lift the siege of Orléans. (1429)
30 April - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints first uses a pentagram symbol at the Nauvoo Illinois Temple. (1846)
30 April - Pope Benedict XV celebrates Italian poet Dante Alighieri on the 600th anniversary of his death. (1921)