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[[File:Sybil Leek casting in New England.jpg|225px|thumb|Sybil Leek casting a circle in New England]] | [[File:Sybil Leek casting in New England.jpg|225px|thumb|Sybil Leek casting a circle in New England]] | ||
* '''April''' - Accused [[witch]], '''[[Margaret Aitken]]''', is arrested on suspicion of [[witchcraft]]. ''(1597)'' | * '''April''' - Accused [[witch]], '''[[Margaret Aitken]]''', is arrested on suspicion of [[witchcraft]]. ''(1597)'' | ||
* '''April | * '''1 April''' - The Last Supper of '''[[Jesus Christ]]'''. ''(30)'' | ||
* '''April 3''' - '''[[Jack the Ripper]]''' is believed to commit his first murder. ''(1888)'' | * '''1 April''' - Comet Hale-Bopp showed '''[[perihelion]]'''. ''(1997)'' | ||
* '''April | * '''3 April''' - '''[[Jack the Ripper]]''' is believed to commit his first murder. ''(1888)'' | ||
* '''April 8''' - '''[[Aleister Crowley]]''' hears the voice of [[Aiwass]], convincing him to write ''[[The Book of the Law]]''. ''(1904)'' | * '''4 April''' - '''[[Michael Servetus]]''' is arrested in Rome on charges of [[heresy]]. ''(1553)'' | ||
* '''April | * '''5 April''' - Egyptologist '''[[Howard Carter]]''' dies in Cairo. ''(1923)'' | ||
* '''April | * '''5 April''' - ''The First Omen'', a prequel to '''''[[The Omen]]''''' is released. ''(2024)'' | ||
* '''April 13''' - [[Astrology|Astrologer]] '''[[Sybil Leek]]''' appears on American television for the first time. ''(1964)'' | * '''6 April''' - Irish poet '''[[W.B. Yeats]]''' undergoes a "Steinach operation" and experiences renewed vigor for the rest of his life. ''(1934)'' | ||
* '''April | * '''7 April''' - Traditional date of the crucifiction of '''[[Jesus Christ]]'''. ''(30)'' | ||
* '''April 20''' - Suspected [[necromancy|necromancer]], '''[[William II de Soules]]''', is executed for treason. ''(1321)'' | * '''7 April''' - Alfred Watkins, a British businessman who popularized the theory of '''[[Ley line]]s''', dies. ''(1935)'' | ||
* '''April | * '''8 April''' - '''[[Aleister Crowley]]''' hears the voice of [[Aiwass]], convincing him to write ''[[The Book of the Law]]''. ''(1904)'' | ||
* '''April | * '''11 April''' - [[Occultist]] '''[[Anton Szandor LaVey]]''' is born. ''(1930)'' | ||
* '''April 30''' - | * '''11 April''' - Doctor, [[occultist]], and [[warlock]], '''[[Frederick Santee]]''' dies. ''(1980)'' | ||
* '''13 April''' - Accused [[witch]] '''[[Bridget Bishop]]''' marries her first husband. ''(1660)'' | |||
* '''13 April''' - [[Astrology|Astrologer]] '''[[Sybil Leek]]''' appears on American television for the first time. ''(1964)'' | |||
* '''18 April''' - '''[[Joan of Arc]]''' is [[saint|beatified]] in Rome. ''(1909)'' | |||
* '''19 April''' - Danish [[astrology|astrology]] '''[[Tycho Brahe]]''' begins studying at the University of Copenhagen. ''(1559)'' | |||
* '''20 April''' - Suspected [[necromancy|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)'' | |||