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* '''10 June''' - Accused [[witch]] '''[[Bridget Bishop]]''' is executed by hanging. ''(1692)'' | * '''10 June''' - Accused [[witch]] '''[[Bridget Bishop]]''' is executed by hanging. ''(1692)'' | ||
* '''10 June''' - Psychic medium '''[[Hélène Smith]]''' dies in Switzerland. ''(1929)'' | * '''10 June''' - Psychic medium '''[[Hélène Smith]]''' dies in Switzerland. ''(1929)'' | ||
* '''13 June''' - Author [[W.B. Yeats]] is born. ''(1865)'' | * '''13 June''' - Author '''[[W.B. Yeats]]''' is born. ''(1865)'' | ||
* '''15 June''' - Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for '''[[witchcraft]]''' in the first such execution for the Massachusetts Bay Colony. ''(1648)'' | * '''15 June''' - Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for '''[[witchcraft]]''' in the first such execution for the Massachusetts Bay Colony. ''(1648)'' | ||
* '''15 June''' - New Orleans [[voodoo]] practitioner '''[[Marie Laveau]]''' dies. ''(1881)'' | * '''15 June''' - New Orleans [[voodoo]] practitioner '''[[Marie Laveau]]''' dies. ''(1881)'' | ||
Latest revision as of 21:36, 23 September 2023
- 2 June - Trial of Urbain Grandier for witchcraft and adultery begins. (1630)
- 2 June - The Salem Witch Trials commence. (1692)
- 4 June - Occultist and author Travis McHenry is born. (1980)
- 10 June - Accused witch Bridget Bishop is executed by hanging. (1692)
- 10 June - Psychic medium Hélène Smith dies in Switzerland. (1929)
- 13 June - Author W.B. Yeats is born. (1865)
- 15 June - Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for witchcraft in the first such execution for the Massachusetts Bay Colony. (1648)
- 15 June - New Orleans voodoo practitioner Marie Laveau dies. (1881)
- 16 June - Vlad the Impaler leads a daring night attack against Sultan Mehmed II near Târgoviște. (1462)
- 17 June - Michael Servetus is convicted of heresy and sentenced to death by burning. (1552)
- 17 June - Occultist engineer Jack Parsons dies. (1952)
- 22 June - The Inquisition finds Galileo Galilei guilty of heresy. (1633)
- 26 June - Richard III becomes King of England. (1483)