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Many of the witchcraft accusations were driven at least in part by acrimonious relations between the families of the plaintiffs and defendants. Unless otherwise specified, dates provided in this list use Julian-dated month and day but New Style-enumerated year (i.e., years begin on January 1 and end on December 31, in the modern style).
In Sweden in 1669 a large number of children were included in a witch hunt and in Würzburg as in Salem in 1692, children were the focus of witch hunts. [8] In the early seventeenth century, the territory of Würzburg was a prevalent actor in persecuting children. [7] Over 40 children were executed due to being accused of witchcraft during this ...
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.
Four Tanzanian children with albinism who lost limbs, fingers, and teeth in superstition-driven attacks received prosthetics this week. Child victims of witchcraft attacks in Tanzania get new ...
Abigail Williams (born c. 1681, date of death unknown) [2] was an 11- or 12-year-old girl who, along with nine-year-old Betty Parris, was among the first of the children to falsely accuse their neighbors of witchcraft in 1692; these accusations eventually led to the Salem witch trials.
A group of girls ranging in age from 12 to 20 were the main accusers in the Salem witch trials. [3] This group, of which Elizabeth Hubbard was a part, also included Ann Putnam, Mary Walcott, Elizabeth “Betty” Parris, Abigail Williams, Elizabeth Booth, Mercy Lewis, and Mary Warren.
In 1648, Margaret Jones, a midwife, became the first person in Massachusetts — the second in New England — to be executed for witchcraft, decades before the infamous Salem witch trials. Nearly ...
On August 11, 1646, at Salisbury, Susannah married a widower named George Martin, a blacksmith with whom she had eight children. [2] By 1669, Susannah had been publicly accused of witchcraft. Her husband, George Martin, sued William Sargent, Jr., for slander against Susannah. [3] [a] A higher court later dismissed the witchcraft charges.