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The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings before county court trials to prosecute people accused of witchcraft in the counties of Essex, Suffolk, and Middlesex in colonial Massachusetts, between February 1692 and May 1693...

Timeline of Events

1692

2.8.1692

A doctor in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony suggests that two girls in the family of the village minister may be suffering from bewitchment, leading to the Salem witch trials.

3.1.1692

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.

6.2.1692

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.

6.10.1692

Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries".

7.19.1692

Salem Witch Trials: five women are hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.

8.19.1692

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.

9.19.1692

Giles Corey is pressed to death after refusing to plead in the Salem witch trials.

9.22.1692

Last people hanged for witchcraft in Britain's North American colonies.

10.12.1692

The Salem Witch Trials are ended by a letter from Massachusetts Governor William Phips.