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Artistic depiction of the execution by burning of three alleged witches in Baden, Switzerland in 1585. This is a list of people executed for witchcraft, many of whom were executed during organized witch-hunts, particularly during the 15th–18th centuries. Large numbers of people were prosecuted for witchcraft in Europe between 1560 and 1630.
Mercy was born in prison after her mother's arrest on February 25, 1691. Rebecca Addington Chamberlain (circa 1625-1692) – While no court records exist regarding her arrest warrant, it is the general consensus of historians that she was arrested on suspicion of witchcraft. She died at roughly age 67 on September 26, 1692, while still in ...
Pages in category "People executed for witchcraft" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused. Thirty people were found guilty, nineteen of whom were executed by hanging (fourteen women and five men).
This category includes people accused of witchcraft, but who were either not formally tried or whose trials ended for various reasons before a decision was made. For those who were acquitted or convicted, see the subcategories Category:People acquitted of witchcraft and Category:People convicted of witchcraft.
Witchfinders were people who were paid to test whether someone was a witch. The witchfinder in Newcastle witch trials came from Scotland. [5] He was paid 20 shillings [2] per "witch" he found. In the end, the witchfinder in Newcastle trials was cast into prison. [1]
Execution of witchcraft by burning. There is a famous list of the executions in the Würzburg witch trials, published in 1745 in the Eberhard David Hauber: Bibliotheca sive acta et scripta magica. Gründliche Nachrichten und Urtheile von solchen Büchern und Handlungen, welche die Macht des Teufels in leiblichen Dingen betreffen, 36 Stücke in ...
Pages in category "American people executed for witchcraft" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G.