| Nov 1689 | Samuel Parris named Minister of Salem |
| Oct 1691 | Villagers decide to drive Parris out of Salem and stop paying his salary(but he didn’t leave). |
| Jan 1692 | Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Parris start acting strangely. |
| March 1st 1692 | Tituba “confesses” |
| March 19th 1692 | Abigail Williams accuses Rebecca Nurse of witchcraft. |
| March 28th 1692 | Elizabeth Proctor accused of witchcraft. |
| April 11th 1692 | Proctor gets accused of witchcraft. |
| April 1692 | Mary Warren admits to lying and says the other girls were lying. |
| April 13th 1692 | Giles Corey is accused of witchcraft. |
| April 19th 1692 | Mary Warren reverses her confession of lying and rejoins the girls. |
| May 27th 1692 | Governor Phipps establishes the court of Oyer(heard) and Terminer(decided)for the cases of witchcraft. |
| June 2nd 1692 | Bridget Bishop first to be tried and convicted. |
| June 10th 1692 | First hanging of the trial (Bridget Bishop). |
| July 19th 1692 | Rebecca Nurse hangs. |
| August 19th 1692 | John Proctor hangs. |
| September 19th 1692 | Giles Corey dies after two days of being pressed. |
| October 8th 1692 | Spectral evidence is no longer allowed. |
| October 29th 1692 | The governor dissolved the court and forbid further arrests. |
| 1693 | Tituba was released and sold to a new master. |
| January 1693 | 49 out of 52 people still jailed, are free due to the spectral evidence ruling. |
| May 1693 | Governor Phipps pardons those still in prison. |
| January 14th 1697 | The General Court declares a day of fasting and prayer for Salem. |
| Later in 1697 | Parris finally ousted of Minister. |
| 1702 | The General Court declares the Salem witch trials unlawful. |
| 1706 | Putnam’s daughter, Ann, publicly apologizes. |
| 1711 | Massachusetts restores the rights and reputations of those accused. |
| 1752 | Salem village renamed Danvers. |
| 1957 | Massachusetts formally apologizes for the Salem witch trials. |
| 1992 | Salem witch trials memorial dedicated. |
| Judge Sewall | Wrote a diary;felt deep remorse of the witch trials. In his diary he expressed regret for participating in it. |
| Judge Stoughton | Wanted to kill prisoners faster after the spectral evidence ruling. Didn’t feel remorse about the trials. |
The Crucible Timeline
March 1, 2020