In Salem, Massachusetts in America. 21 died.
What?! Ghandi as in the peaceful indian activist and the Salem Witch trials as in mass hysteria and 20 pointles executions?!? They have nothing in common! If anything, they're complete opposites.
No. the only killings during the witch trials were legal executions. Puritans weren't the type who formed angry mobs.
The Salem witch trials took place from June to October of 1692.in the 17th century
The trials in the Salem witch trials primarily took place between February 1692 and May 1693. The most intense period of the trials occurred in the summer of 1692, leading to numerous accusations, arrests, and executions. Ultimately, the trials began to decline by the fall of 1692, culminating in the dissolution of the court in October 1692, with the last execution occurring in 1693.
The American town famous for the Witch Trials (called the Salem Witch Trials) is Salem, Massachusetts.
1692-1693
There were no witch trials in Salem in those years. The trials happened in 1692 and 1693.
All nineteen exexutions took place on Gallows Hill in Salem.
The Trials were conducted in the towns of Salem Village, Salem Town, Andover, and Ipswich. The accused were said to be Witches from the counties of Essex, Suffolk, and Middlesex, in Massachusetts, New England.
The Salem witch trials began in 1692.
Salem, Massachusets.
Plenty of people stood to gain something from convictions and executions, namely the people who had disputes with those who were accused.