1629: Salem is established.
1688: Martha Goodwin, 13, begins to show weird behavior. Days later her younger brother and two sisters exhibit similar behavior. Goody Glover is arrested and tried for bewitching the Goodwin children. Glover is hanged. Martha's weird behavior continues.
November, 1689: Samuel Parris becomes the new minister of Salem.
January 20, 1692:Abigail Williams, 11, and Elizabeth Parris, 9, begin behaving like the Goodwin children. Soon other Salem girls begin acting similarly.
Mid-February, 1692: Doctor Griggs, who tries to help the girls, suggests that witchcraft could be the cause of their strange behavior.
Late-February, 1692: Pressured by ministers and townspeople to say who caused her odd behavior, Elizabeth points out Tituba. The girls later accuse Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne of witchcraft.
March 11-April 3 1692: 8 people are accused of witchcraft.
March 28, 1692: Elizabeth Proctor is accused of witchcraft.
April 11, 1692: John Proctor is accused of witchcraft. He is the first man accused and gets put into prison.
Early April, 1692: The Proctors' servant, Mary Warren, admits she has been lying and that the other girls are lying.
April 19, 1692: Mary Warren changes her statement and says that everyone has been telling the truth.
May 10, 1962: Sarah Osborne dies in prison.
June 2, 1692: Bridget Bishop is the first to be tried and convicted of witchcraft. She is sentenced to die.
June 10, 1692: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill.
June 16, 1692: Roger Toothaker dies in prison.
June 29-30, 1692: Rebecca Nurse, Susannah Martin, Sarah Wildes, Sarah Good, and Elizabeth Howe are tried, pronounced guilty and sentenced to hang.
July 19, 1692: Rebecca Nurse, Susannah Martin, Elizabeth Howe, Sarah Good and Sarah Wildes are hanged at Gallows Hill.
August 5, 1692: George Jacobs Sr., Martha Carrier, George Burroughs, John Willard and John and Elizabeth Proctor are pronounced guilty and sentenced to hang.
August 19, 1692: George Jacobs Sr., Martha Carrier, George Burroughs, John Willard and John Proctor are hanged on Gallows Hill. Elizabeth Proctor is not hanged because she is pregnant.
September 9, 1692: Martha Corey, Mary Easty, Alice Parker, Ann Pudeator, Dorcas Hoar and Mary Bradbury are pronounced guilty and sentenced to hang.
September 19, 1692: Giles Cory refuses that he does witchcraft. His death punishment is pressing. After two days under the weight, Cory dies.
September 22, 1692: Martha Cory, Margaret Scott, Mary Easty, Alice Parker, Ann Pudeator, Willmott Redd, Samuel Wardwell, and Mary Parker are hanged.
January 1693: 49 of the 52 surviving people brought into court on witchcraft charges are released because their arrests were based on spectral evidence.
1693: Tituba is released from jail and sold to a new master.
1702: The General Court declares the 1692 trials unlawful.
1706: Ann Putnam Jr., one of the leading accusers, publicly apologizes for her actions in 1692.
1957: Massachusetts formally apologizes for the events of 1692.
1992: On the 300th anniversary of the trials, a witchcraft memorial designed by James Cutler is dedicated in Salem.
1688: Martha Goodwin, 13, begins to show weird behavior. Days later her younger brother and two sisters exhibit similar behavior. Goody Glover is arrested and tried for bewitching the Goodwin children. Glover is hanged. Martha's weird behavior continues.
November, 1689: Samuel Parris becomes the new minister of Salem.
January 20, 1692:Abigail Williams, 11, and Elizabeth Parris, 9, begin behaving like the Goodwin children. Soon other Salem girls begin acting similarly.
Mid-February, 1692: Doctor Griggs, who tries to help the girls, suggests that witchcraft could be the cause of their strange behavior.
Late-February, 1692: Pressured by ministers and townspeople to say who caused her odd behavior, Elizabeth points out Tituba. The girls later accuse Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne of witchcraft.
March 11-April 3 1692: 8 people are accused of witchcraft.
March 28, 1692: Elizabeth Proctor is accused of witchcraft.
April 11, 1692: John Proctor is accused of witchcraft. He is the first man accused and gets put into prison.
Early April, 1692: The Proctors' servant, Mary Warren, admits she has been lying and that the other girls are lying.
April 19, 1692: Mary Warren changes her statement and says that everyone has been telling the truth.
May 10, 1962: Sarah Osborne dies in prison.
June 2, 1692: Bridget Bishop is the first to be tried and convicted of witchcraft. She is sentenced to die.
June 10, 1692: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill.
June 16, 1692: Roger Toothaker dies in prison.
June 29-30, 1692: Rebecca Nurse, Susannah Martin, Sarah Wildes, Sarah Good, and Elizabeth Howe are tried, pronounced guilty and sentenced to hang.
July 19, 1692: Rebecca Nurse, Susannah Martin, Elizabeth Howe, Sarah Good and Sarah Wildes are hanged at Gallows Hill.
August 5, 1692: George Jacobs Sr., Martha Carrier, George Burroughs, John Willard and John and Elizabeth Proctor are pronounced guilty and sentenced to hang.
August 19, 1692: George Jacobs Sr., Martha Carrier, George Burroughs, John Willard and John Proctor are hanged on Gallows Hill. Elizabeth Proctor is not hanged because she is pregnant.
September 9, 1692: Martha Corey, Mary Easty, Alice Parker, Ann Pudeator, Dorcas Hoar and Mary Bradbury are pronounced guilty and sentenced to hang.
September 19, 1692: Giles Cory refuses that he does witchcraft. His death punishment is pressing. After two days under the weight, Cory dies.
September 22, 1692: Martha Cory, Margaret Scott, Mary Easty, Alice Parker, Ann Pudeator, Willmott Redd, Samuel Wardwell, and Mary Parker are hanged.
January 1693: 49 of the 52 surviving people brought into court on witchcraft charges are released because their arrests were based on spectral evidence.
1693: Tituba is released from jail and sold to a new master.
1702: The General Court declares the 1692 trials unlawful.
1706: Ann Putnam Jr., one of the leading accusers, publicly apologizes for her actions in 1692.
1957: Massachusetts formally apologizes for the events of 1692.
1992: On the 300th anniversary of the trials, a witchcraft memorial designed by James Cutler is dedicated in Salem.