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a Scottish woman who was tried for witchcraft in 1662. Her detailed confession, apparently achieved without the use of torture, provides one of the most detailed insights into European witchcraft folklore at the end of the era of witch-hunts. A young housewife living at Auldearn, Highland, Scotland, her confession painted a wild word-picture about the deeds of her coven. They were claimed to have the ability to transform themselves into animals. She allegedly was entertained by the Queen of the Fairies, also known as the Queen of Elphame, in her home "under the hills". There is no record of Gowdie being executed.
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Cu Choigcriche O Cleirigh unknown 1624 1664 unknown an Irish historian and genealogist, known in English as Peregrine O'Clery. Along with Brother MÃ... Mildmay Fane 1602, Jan 24 1621 1666 1666, Feb 12 an English nobleman, politician, and writer. One hundred and thirty seven poems by Fane appeared ... William Day 1605 ca 1624 1666 1684 an English cleric and biblical commentator. He received his education at Eton College. He was ele... Jean Ogier de Gombauld 1576 1624 1666 1666 a French playwright and poet. Gombauld was born in Saint-Just-Luzac, Charente-Maritime and was a ... Ismael Bullialdus 1605, Sep 28 1632 1667 1694, Nov 25 a famous astronomer and mathematician during the seventeenth century. He published several books,... Pope Alexander VII 1599, Feb 13 1655 1667 1667, May 22 Pope for the Roman Catholic Church from 7 April 1655 to his death in 1667. Alexander VII disliked... Pierre Corneille 1606,Jun 6 1629 1668 1684, Oct 1 a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great seventeenth-century French ... Jean-Baptiste Tavernier 1605 1630 1668 1689 a 17th-century French gem merchant and traveler. Tavernier, a private individual and merchant tra... John Wilkins 1614, Feb 14 1637 1668 1672, Nov 19 an Anglican clergyman, natural philosopher and author, and was one of the founders of the Royal S... John Knowles [1] unknown 1646 1668 unknown an English antitrinitarian preacher, imprisoned in 1665. A short paper of arguments for the deity... John Trapp 1601, Jun 5 1622 1669 1669, Oct 16 an English Anglican Bible commentator. His large five-volume commentary is still read today and i... William Prynne 1600 1627 1669 1669, Oct 24 an English lawyer, author, polemicist, and political figure. He was a prominent Puritan opponent ... John Webb 1611 1628 1669 1672, Oct 24 an English architect and scholar. In 1654 Webb designed the first classical portico on an English... Madeleine de Souvre 1599 1640 1669 1678, Jan 16 a French writer, was the daughter of Gilles de Souvré, marquis de Courtenvaux, tutor of Louis XI... Robert Bayfield 1629 1650 1669 unknown an English physician. He was born in Norwich and wrote with much energy on both religious and med... Sarah Blackborow unknown 1650 1669 unknown the author of tracts that strongly influenced Quaker thinking on social problems and the theologi... Benjamin Agus unknown 1660 1669 unknown an English divine, and was one of the most distinguished of the earlier vindicators of the noncon... Antoine Baudeau de Somaize 1630 ca 1660 1669 unknown a secretary to Marie Mancini, niece of Cardinal Mazarin. There is not much information known abo... William Brough unknown 1630 1671 1671 an English royalist churchman, Dean of Gloucester from 1643. Brough was a supporter of William La... Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh unknown 1640 1671 unknown an Irish scribe, translator, historian and genealogist. He was one of the last traditionally trai... Moise Vauquelin unknown 1650 1672 unknown An officer under François l'Ollonais, he also had a partnership with Pierre Le Picard. In his l... Ingen Ryuki 1592, Dec 7 1620 1673 1673, May 19 a Chinese Linji Chán Buddhist monk, poet, and calligrapher. He is most known for founding the Ob... Adam Vaclav Michna z Otradovic 1600, Jun 30 1633 1673 1676, Oct 16 a Czech Catholic aristocrat, poet, composer, hymn writer, organist and choir leader of the early ... Salvator Rosa 1615, Jun 20/Jul 21 1634 1673 1673, Mar 15 an Italian Baroque painter, poet, and printmaker, who was active in Naples, Rome, and Florence. A... Moliere 1622, Jan 15 1643 1673 1673, Feb 17 a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in We... Robert Herrick 1591, Aug 1623 1674 1674, Oct a 17th-century English lyric poet and cleric. He is best known for Hesperides, a book of poems. T... John Milton 1608, Dec 9 1623 1674 1674, Nov 8 an English poet, polemicist, and man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of Engl... Thomas Hobbes 1588, Apr 5 1608 1675 1679, Dec 4 an English philosopher, best known today for his work on political philosophy. His 1651 book L... Roger Williams 1603, Dec 21 ca 1628 1676 1683, Jan-Mar a Puritan, an English Reformed theologian, and later a Reformed Baptist who was expelled by the P... Gian Lorenzo Bernini 1598, Dec 7 1609 1678 1680, Nov 28 an Italian artist and a prominent architect who worked principally in Rome. He was the leading sc... Thomas Ady unknown 1630 1679 unknown an English physician and humanist who was the author of three sceptical books on witchcraft and w... Thomas Watson [2] 1620 ca 1646 1679 1686 an English, Nonconformist, Puritan preacher and author. He showed strong Presbyterian views durin... Henry Fell unknown 1650 1679 unknown a Quaker missionary and writer. The first mention of him is in 1656 as suffering much from the ma... George Hartgill unknown 1590 168 unknown an English astronomer. Hartgill was in considerable repute during Elizabeth I's reign, from his k... Denzil Holles 1599, Oct 31 1624 1680 1680, Feb 17 an English statesman and writer, best known as one of the Five Members whose attempted unconstitu... William Robertson unknown 1650 1680 unknown a Scottish Hebraist. He was educated at Edinburgh University, taught Hebrew in London from 1653â€... Thomas Browne 1605, Oct 19 1637 1682 1682, Oct 19 an English polymath and author of varied works which reveal his wide learning in diverse fields i... Guarino Guarini 1624, Jan 7 1648 1683 1683, Mar 6 an Italian architect of the Piedmontese Baroque and Theatine priest, mathematician, and writer. H... John Archer unknown 1660 1684 unknown a court physician in the reign of Charles II. Of his origin nothing is certainly known; but he wa... Edmund Waller 1606, Mar 3 1624 1686 1687, Oct 21 an English poet and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and ... Basil Ringrose unknown 1653 1686 unknown surgeon and cartographer ……runaway indentured servant who joined Bartholomew Sharp's "Pacific... Ferghal Dubh O Gadhra unknown 1655 1686+ unknown an Irish cleric and scribe. O Gadhra was the compiler of the O Gara Manuscript (now RIA MS 23 F 1... John Bunyan 1628, Nov 1644 1688 1688, Aug 31 an English writer and Baptist preacher best remembered as the author of the Christian allegory Anna Weamys unknown 1650 1688 unknown an English author. Weamys has been identified as the author of A Continuation of Sir Philip Sydne... Colonel Cuthbert Potter 1637 ca 1653 1690 1691 Born in England and died in Barbados. He practiced law in Lancaster County, Virginia, as early as... Michael Wigglesworth 1631 1651 1691 1705 a Puritan minister, doctor and poet whose poem The Day of Doom was a bestseller in early N... Samuel Pepys 1633, Feb 23 1655 1691 1703, May 26 an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament who is now most well known for the diary ... John Evelyn 1620, Oct 31 1640 1694 1706, Feb 27 an English writer, gardener and diarist. Evelyn's diaries, or memoirs, are largely contemporaneou... Daibhidh O Duibhgheannain unknown 1651 1696 unknown an active Iriish scribe, compiler and poet between the years 1651 and 1696. In the earliest of hi... Edward Phillips 1630, Aug 1651 1696 1696 ca an English author. His most important work is Theatrum poetarum (1675), a list of the chie... Marie de Rabutin-Chantal 1626, Feb 5 1651 1696 1696, Apr 17 a French aristocrat, remembered for her letter-writing. Most of her letters, celebrated for their... William Wycherley 1641 ca 1659 1697 1716, Jan 1 an English dramatist of the Restoration period, best known for the plays The Country Wife ... Gaspar Sanz 1640 1660 1697 1710 an Aragonese composer, guitarist, organist and priest born to a wealthy family in Calanda in the ... Joan Baptista Aguilar unknown 1655 1699 1714 a dramatic author and poet who lived in Valencia, Spain from his birth until his death in 1714. I... Jacques-Benigne Bossuet 1627, Sep 27 1643 1701 1704, Apr 12 a French bishop and theologian, renowned for his sermons and other addresses. He has been conside... Roger L'Estrange 1616, Dec 17 1639 1702 1704, Dec 11 an English pamphleteer, author and staunch defender of Royalist claims. L'Estrange was involved i... Philipp Spener 1635, Jan 13 1653 1702 1705, Feb 5 a German Christian theologian known as the "Father of Pietism." Highly influenced by Johann Arndt... John Locke 1632, Aug 29 1660 1704 1704, Oct 28 an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlighten... Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux 1636, Nov 1 1656 1711 1711, Mar 13 a French poet and critic. Boileau did much to reform the prevailing form of French poetry, as Bla... Pierre Daniel Huet 1630, Feb 8 1651 1721 1721, Jan 26 a French churchman and scholar, editor of the Delphin Classics, founder of the Academie du Physiq... Constantin Christian Dedekind 1628, Apr 2 1652 178 1715 a German poet, dramatist, librettist, composer and bass singer of the Baroque era. His 1657 songb...
