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Events
February 13
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Massacre of Glencoe
March 1
- The
Salem witch trials
begin in
Salem Village, Massachusetts
Bay Colony with the charging of three women with
witchcraft
.
June 10
-
Salem Witch Trials
: three women hanged for witchcraft.
August 19
- Salem Witch Trials: three women and four men are hanged for witchcraft.
September 19
- Salem Witch Trials: a man is pressed to death in an attempt to torture him into entering a plea.
September 22
- Salem Witch Trials: six women and two men are hanged for witchcraft!
Births
April 5
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Adrienne Lecouvreur
, French actress (d.
1730
)
April 8
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Giuseppe Tartini
, Italian composer and violinist (d.
1770
)
April 22
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James Stirling
, Scottish mathematician (d.
1770
)
May 18
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Joseph Butler
, English priest and theologian (d.
1752
)
Eusebius Amort
, German Catholic theologian (d.
1775
)
Deaths
November 19
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Thomas Shadwell
, English poet and playwright
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