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Abigail Williams and Elizabeth "Betty" Parris accuse Tituba, the Parris' Caribbean slave, of witchcraft.
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Tituba, Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne are arrested for witchcraft
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Ann Putnam, Mercy Lewis, Mary Walcott & Mary Warren all become "afflicted".
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John Proctor is accused of witchcraft, the only man hanged for the crime.
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Giles Corey, who refused to testify against his wife is pressed to death. He was put into a hole and had heavy boulders placed upon his chest, slowly collapsing his rib cage. He took three days to die, and his last words are reported as "More weight!"
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