405: Angelique Cottin Girl Who Showed Frequent Poltergeist-Like Activity in the Beginning of 1846 Birth Date: c.1832, Outside Montagne, Normandy, France Death Date: Unknown What is known is Angelique’s family used her abilities to make money because they were very poor, but to this day no one can prove or disprove the things that happened…
The entries on this list were accused of being a witch, or a heretic, or a sorceress. Basically anyone who was accused of using magic to the detriment of others, or anyone who possessed abilities that could not be explained by the science of the time. Here we go! Entries: Abigail Faulkner Sr, Salem Witch…
296: Erzsébet Báthory Possible Serial Killer Born: 7 August 1560, Transylvania, Present-day Nyírbátor, Hungary Died: 21 August 1614, Present-day Čachtice Castle, Hungary (Present-day Čachtice, Slovakia) Also Known As: Elisabeth Bathory Correct Hungarian Form: Báthory Erzsébet Yes, you read that right, she was possibly a serial killer. Erzsébet was accused of murdering between thirty and six…
277: Rebecca Nurse Salem Witch Born: 21 February 1621, Norfolk, England (Present-day United Kingdom) Died: 19 July 1692, Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Present-day Massachusetts, United States of America) Rebecca was hanged at seventy-one years of age despite being a fervent churchgoer and grandmother. According to sources she was known for her piety but also occasionally…
276: Abigail Dane Faulkner Sr Salem Witch Born: 13 October 1652, Andover, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Present-day Massachusetts, United States of America) Died: 5 February 1730, Andover, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Present-day Massachusetts, United States of America) Abigail escaped hanging because she was pregnant at the time of the trials. Abigail and her husband Francis were quite…
262: Elizabeth Proctor Richards Accused of being a Salem Witch Alongside her Husband John Born: c. 1652, Lynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Present-day Lynn, Massachusetts, United States of America) Died: after 1711 Elizabeth was also the granddaughter of another woman who had been tried and then acquitted of witchcraft thirty years before, and in a place…
260: Abigail Williams One of the Initial Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials Born: 12 July 1680, Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Present-day Salem, Massachusetts, United States of America) Died: after 1697 Not much is known about Abigail’s life before or after the trials, which took place between 1692 and 1693. She and her cousin Betty…
237: Martha Corey Accused Salem Witch Born: c.1620 Died: 22 September 1692, Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Present-day Salem, Massachusetts, United States of America) Martha was the last woman to be hung in the trials. She and her husband were simple farmers in Salem Village and never hurt anybody. Unfortunately for them, Martha made the mistake…
82) Anne Hutchinson Puritan Rule Breaker and Considered by Many to be One of America’s Earliest Feminists Born: July 1591, Alford, England (Present-day Alford, United Kingdom) Died: August 1643, The Colony of New Netherlands (Today New York State, United States of America) Anne got in trouble for preaching (big no no if you were a…
77) Joan of Arc Heavenly Warrior Born: 6 January 1412, Domrémy-la-Pucelle, France Died: 30 May 1431, Rouen, France Original Name: Jeanne d’Arc Jeanne grew up as a peasant farmer in the French countryside. At the age of thirteen she began to receive messages from Angels sent from God. Jeanne believed it was her divine mission…