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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)''  | * '''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''' - [[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)''  | |||