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English law makes witchcraft a crime.
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Doctor Griggs, who attended to the children, states that witchcraft may be the cause of the children's behavior
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Ann Putnam Jr. begins to show signs of ailment by witchcraft. Then soon after Mercy Lewis, Mary Walcott, and Mary Warren show symptoms of affliction.
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Bridget Bishop is the first to be accused and sentenced to die by hanging.
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Rebecca Nurse, Susannah Martin, Sarah Wildes, Sarah Good, and Elizabeth Howe are hanged at Gallows Hill.
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Governor Phips orders that spectral evidence no longer be admitted in witch craft trials.
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The Genral Court creates a Superior Court to try the remaining witches.
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Forty-nine of the fifty-two surviving imprisoned victims were brought into court on witchcraft charges are released because their arrests were based on spectral evidence.
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The General Court orders a day of fasting and soul searchingin honor of the lost souls of Salem. Samuel Sewall formally apologizes and shows his guilt and remorse for the families of those hanged.
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Samuel Parris is kicked out of Salem Village and replaced by Joseph Green
