Witchcraft in the late 1500s to the early 1600s By burnside2505 Jan 1, 1581 Beginning of the Trier witch trials Jan 1, 1590 Beginning of the North Berwick witch trials Jan 1, 1591 King James authorizes the torture of suspected witches in Scotland. Jan 1, 1593 Trier witch trials come to an end Jan 1, 1597 Daemonologie, a book about witches written by King James VI, is published Jan 1, 1603 Beginning of the Fulda witch trials Jan 1, 1606 Shakespeare's Macbeth performed Jan 1, 1606 Fulda witch trials comes to an end Jan 1, 1609 Beginning of the Basque witch trials Jan 1, 1611 Basque witch trials come to an end Jan 1, 1626 Beginning of the Würzburg witch trials Jan 1, 1626 Beginning of the Bamberg witch trials Jan 1, 1631 Würzburg witch trials comes to an end Jan 1, 1631 Bamberg witch trials come to an end Jan 1, 1640 Massive witchhunt begins in France Jan 1, 1649 Witchhunt in France begins to die down Jan 1, 1682 England kills its last witch