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

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* '''12 August''' - Witchfinder General '''[[Matthew Hopkins]]''' dies of tuberculosis. ''(1647)''
* '''12 August''' - Witchfinder General '''[[Matthew Hopkins]]''' dies of tuberculosis. ''(1647)''
* '''16 August''' - '''[[Angeline Tubbs|Angeline Tubbs, the Witch of Saratoga]]''', dies. ''(1856)''
* '''16 August''' - '''[[Angeline Tubbs|Angeline Tubbs, the Witch of Saratoga]]''', dies. ''(1856)''
* '''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''' - Five people are executed in the '''[[Salem Witch Trials]]'''. ''(1692)''
* '''19 August''' - Five people are executed in the '''[[Salem Witch Trials]]'''. ''(1692)''
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* '''25 August''' - Russian Tsar '''[[Ivan the Terrible]]''' is born. ''(1530)''
* '''25 August''' - Russian Tsar '''[[Ivan the Terrible]]''' is born. ''(1530)''
* '''25 August''' - '''[[Galileo Galilei]]''' demonstrates his telescope to Venetian lawmakers. ''(1609)''
* '''25 August''' - '''[[Galileo Galilei]]''' demonstrates his telescope to Venetian lawmakers. ''(1609)''
* '''29 August''' - '''[[Lilias Adie]]''' dies in prison, accused of [[witchcraft]]. ''(1704)''
* '''29 August''' - Austrian painter '''[[Christoph Haizmann]]''' visits a church in Pottenbrunn seeking an [[exorcist|exorcism]]. ''(1677)''
* '''29 August''' - Austrian painter '''[[Christoph Haizmann]]''' visits a church in Pottenbrunn seeking an [[exorcist|exorcism]]. ''(1677)''
* '''31 August''' - Mary Ann Nicholas is murdered, the first of '''[[Jack the Ripper|Jack the Ripper's]]''' confirmed victims. ''(1888)''
* '''31 August''' - Mary Ann Nicholas is murdered, the first of '''[[Jack the Ripper|Jack the Ripper's]]''' confirmed victims. ''(1888)''