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The following are all documented incidents in the "Burning times."
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The dates have been excerpted from "Locksley's Book of Days" copyright
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1989 W. J. Bethancourt III and are used by permission of the author.
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ONLY incidents solely relating to witchcraft accusations have been
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included, and the survey ends circa 1650 CE. NO incidents after that year
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have been recorded in this list.
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JANUARY:
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8: A letter was sent to the Berwickshire (Scotland) Naturalists' Club
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inviting them to attend the judging and
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burning of some witches 1650
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12: Archibald and Thomas Wanderson ordered to pay one hundred marks fine
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for court expenses to try their wives as witches.
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The wives were executed 1644
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18: Gilles Garnier burned as a werewolf in Dole, France 1574
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27: Agnes Sampsoune tried, strangled, and burnt for a witch in Scotland 1591
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FEBRUARY:
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4: One "Leclerc" is condemned for witchcraft, in France 1615
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13: Bessie Harlow, Bessie Chalmers, Beatrice Mundie, Christiane Hamyltoun,
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Margaret Kent, and Marioun Chatto tried for witchcraft
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in Inverkiething, Scotland 1621
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18: Isabel Cockie burnt as a witch, at a cost of 105 s. 4 p. 1596
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MARCH:
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18: Burning of 39 Knights Templar in France 1314
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20: Etienne Audibert condemned for witchcraft in France 1619
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22: Burning of Jacques De Molay, Grand Master of the Templars 1312
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APRIL:
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4: Condemnation for witchcraft of three members of the Samuels family
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in Warboys, England 1593
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30: Execution of Louis Gaufiedi, for witchcraft 1611
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MAY:
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6: A man named Leger condemmned for witchcraft in France 1616
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12: 54 Knights Templars burned in France 1310
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JUNE:
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25: Euphemia Macalzean burned alive in Scotland for witchcraft 1591
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26: Several witches condemned at Nerac, France 1619
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JULY:
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16: Burning of Anne Askew 1546
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20: Abel de la Rue, of Coulommiers, France, accused of witchcraft 1592
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AUGUST:
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6: Execution of Johannes Junius of Bamberg, as a witch 1628
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20: Execution of the Lancashire Witches 1612
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SEPTEMBER:
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21: The Dean of Guild, William Dun, granted 47 pounds, three shillings,
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and 4 pence for "the great number of
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witches burnt this year" 1597
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OCTOBER:
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2: One "Rosseau and his daughter", of France, accused of witchcraft 1593
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13: Mary le Fief, of Samur, France, accused of witchcraft 1573
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21: The Sieur de Beaumont accused of witchcraft 1596
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26: Execution of Gilles de Rais, on charges of witchcraft 1440
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NOVEMBER:
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3: Petronilla de Meath burned as a witch, the first such burning
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in Ireland 1324
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DECEMBER:
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5: The Pope sets severe penalties against German witches and magicians 1484
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