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Historical Event(s)
– Massacre of Glencoe: About 78 Macdonalds at Glen Coe, Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, William of Orange.
– Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.
– Bridget Bishop is the first person to go to trial in the Salem witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts. Found guilty, she is hanged on June 10.
– Port Royal, Jamaica, is hit by a catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1,600 people are killed and 3,000 are seriously injured.
– Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for “certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries”.
– Salem witch trials: in Salem, Massachusetts, Province of Massachusetts Bay five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
– Giles Corey is pressed to death after refusing to plead in the Salem witch trials.
– Last people hanged for witchcraft in Britain’s North American colonies.
– The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from Massachusetts Governor William Phips.
Who Were Born On ?
– Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (d. 1754)
– Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775)
– John Byrom, English poet (d. 1763)
– Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730)
– Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer (d. 1770)
– John Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759)
– Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (d. 1740)
– Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer (d. 1766)
– Eusebius Amort, German Catholic theologian (d. 1775)
– Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (d. 1768)