Occult:This month in history/February

Pamela Colman Smith

• 1 February - German polymath Johannes Trithemius is born. (1462)
• 1 February - Anton Szandor LaVey performs a Satanic wedding ceremony for journalist John Raymond to New York City socialite Judith Case. (1967)
• 4 February - John Rogers is burned at the stake, becoming the first English Protestant martyr under Mary I of England. (1555)
• 4 February - The prophesized beginning of the Age of Aquarius as declared by philosopher Samael Anun Weor. (1962)
• 7 February - Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered. (1979)
• 8 February - French author and occultist Éliphas Lévi is born. (1810)
• 8 February - American psychic Evangeline Adams is born in Jersey City, New Jersey. (1868)
• 12 February - Italian author Petrarch finishes his poem I Trionfi, the inspiration for later decks of tarot cards. (1374)
• 12 February - English author and Wiccan Gerald Gardner dies. (1964)
• 13 February - Accused witch Rebecca Nurse is born in England. (1621)
• 13 February - Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition. (1633)
• 15 February - Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei is born. (1564)
• 16 February - Spanish theologian Michael Servetus is denounced as a heretic. (1553)
• 16 February - Pamela Colman Smith, an English occultist and illustrator is born. (1878)
• 16 February - British Egyptologist Howard Carter opens the sealed chamber leading to the burial chamber of Tutankhamen. (1923)
• 17 February - On his way to be burned at the stake for heresy, the philosopher Giordano Bruno has a wooden vise put on his tongue to prevent him continuing to speak. (1600)
• 18 February - Mary I of England is born. (1516)
• 18 February - German author and polymath Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa dies in Grenoble. (1535)
• 18 February - While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto. (1930)
• 18 February - The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles. (1954)
• 19 February - The anti-paganism policy of Constantius II forbids the worship of pagan idols in the Roman Empire. (356)
• 19 February - Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer is born. (1543)
• 19 February - Spanish serial killer, Dámaso Rodríguez Martín, known as the Warlock is gunned down by police. (1991)
• 19 February - Occult horror film The Witch receives a wide release in the United States. (2016)
• 22 February - French fortune-teller and poisoner La Voisin is executed in Paris. (1680)
• 22 February - British astrologer and witch Sybil Leek is born in Staffordshire, England. (1917)
• 22 February - Salman Rushdie's controversial work The Satanic Verses is published in the United States. (1989)
• 23 February - Traditionally the date of publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type. (1455)
• 23 February - English occultist Edward Kelley is knighted by Emperor Rudolf II for his work in alchemy. (1590)
• 24 February - With the papal bull Inter gravissimas, Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar. (1582)
• 24 February - Dutch physician and demonologist Johann Weyer dies in Tecklenburg. (1588)
• 25 February - Saint Walpurga, for whom Walpurgisnacht is named, dies. (777)
• 26 February - English author and occultist Robert Cross Smith dies in London. (1832)
• 27 February - Constantine the Great is born. (272)
• 28 February - John Dee's son is born, likely a result of Edward Kelley sleeping with his wife. (1588)
• 29 February - Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Jamaican natives to provide him with supplies. (1504)