Alternative names: Niesie Captein (maiden name, name before first marriage), Niesje Capeteyn (maiden name, name before first marriage), Neeltje Capeteijn (maiden name, name before first marriage), Niesje Pauwelsd Capeteyn (maiden name, name before first marriage), Nielsje Pauwelsze Castyn (maiden name, name before first marriage), Neeltje Cappeteyn, Neeltje Capteijn, Neeltje Capiteijn, Niesje Capiteijn, Niesje Paulussen, Niesje, Neeltje Capeteyn, Niesie Paulus Kaptein, Niesje Cappeteyn, Niesje Paulusse Capeteijn, Niesje Pauwelsze Capteijn, Neeltje, Niesje Capteijn
March 1 » Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.
June 2 » Bridget Bishop is the first person to be tried for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts; she was found guilty and later hanged.
June 7 » Port Royal, Jamaica, is hit by a catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1,600 people are killed and 3,000 are seriously injured.
June 10 » Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft and Sorceries".
September 22 » The last hanging of those convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials; others are all eventually released.
October 12 » The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Province.
Day of death February 12, 1768
The temperature on February 12, 1768 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder helder. Source: KNMI
February 29 » Polish nobles form the Bar Confederation.
June 21 » James Otis Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
August 26 » Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMSEndeavour.
November 5 » Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
December 1 » The former slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya in Norway.
December 28 » King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.
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