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Trial
Ann Glover is executed in Boston for accusations of being a witch. This occurred due to several children in the Goodwin family displaying signs of demon possession. -
Witch Trials Are Born
The infamous Salem witch trials commenced during the spring of 1692, when a group of young girls residing in Salem Village, Massachusetts, alleged that the devil possessed them. -
Public Opinion
The public became opposed to the trials. -
"Witches" Killed after incident with young Girls
In January 1692, two young girls, 9-year-old Elizabeth Parris and 11-year-old Abigail Williams, started to have fits. Soon after, other girls in the community began to experience the same thing. By late February, arrest warrants were issued for Tituba, a Caribbean slave owned by the Parris family, as well as Sarah Good and Sarah Osborn. The girls had accused these women of bewitching them. -
Time Context
The joint monarch of England, Mary II, dies - leaving her husband, William III, to reign alone -
Trial
Sarah Buckley, Margaret Jacobs, Rebecca Jacobs, and Mary Whittredge are tried and found not guilty. -
Parris is out of Business
Minister Samuel Parris is ousted as minister in Salem and replaced by Joseph Green. -
Time Context
Charles II, the childless king of Spain. leaves all his territories to Philip of Anjou, a grandson of the French king, Louis XIV -
Apology
Ann Putnam Jr., one of the leading accusers, publicly apologizes for her actions in 1692. -
Trial Pt 2
Parris later calls her out for this, and the congregation accepts her expression of regret. Pressured by ministers and townspeople to say who caused her odd behaviour, Elizabeth Parris identifies Tituba. The girls later accuse Sarah Osborne and Sarah Good of witchcraft. -
Trial Pt 1
Mary Sibly (or Sibley), a neighbour of the Parris family, instructs John Indian, the husband of Tituba, to make a "witch cake" of rye meal and the girls' urine to feed to a dog to discover who is bewitching the girls, according to English folk "white magic" practices.