Witchcraft: Timeline

866   Pope Nicholas I Pope Nicholas I

Pope Nicholas I,, or Nicholas the Great, was a Pope [i] who reigned from April 24 [i], 858 [i] unt ... 

 forbids the use of torture Torture

Torture is any act by which severe pain, whether physical or psychological [i], is intentiona ... 

 in prosecutions for witchcraft.

1676   In France France

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, Marie-Madeleine-Marguerite d'Aubray, Marquise de Brinvilliers is executed for poisoning his father and brothers. Case also scares the king Louis XIV Louis XIV of France

Louis XIV ruled as King of France [i] and of Navarre [i] from ... 

 to start a series of investigations about possible poisonings and witchcraft, later called the Poison affair

1692   The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of three women with witchcraft.

1727   Last execution for witchcraft in Scotland Scotland

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1745   Last execution for witchcraft in France

1775   Last official execution for witchcraft in Germany Germany

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1776   Austria Austria

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 abolishes death penalty and torture Torture

Torture is any act by which severe pain, whether physical or psychological [i], is intentiona ... 

 and decriminalizes witchcraft

1782   In Switzerland Switzerland

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, Anna Goldi in sentenced to death for witchcraft - the last legal witchcraft senten July 1 - American United States

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 privateers attack Lunenburg, Nova Scotia Nova Scotia

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