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    Elisabeth Plainacher, or Elsa Plainacher (1513 – 27 September 1583), was an alleged Austrian witch. She was the only person executed for sorcery in the...
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    persecutions spread in parallel with the Counter-Reformation. In 1583, Elisabeth Plainacher became the first person executed for sorcery in Vienna. In the 17th...
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    Ursula Kemp c. 1525–1582  England Confessed to witchcraft and hanged. Elisabeth Plainacher 1513–1583  Austria Only person to be executed for witchcraft in Vienna;...
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    Jagiellon, queen of John III of Sweden (b. 1526) September 27 – Elisabeth Plainacher, Austrian alleged witch (b. 1513) October 22 – Louis VI, Elector...
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    theologian (d. 1566) Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare (d. 1537) Elisabeth Plainacher, Austrian alleged witch (d. 1583) January – Hans Folz, German author...
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    Jagiellon, queen of John III of Sweden (b. 1526) September 27 – Elisabeth Plainacher, Austrian alleged witch (b. 1513) October 22 – Louis VI, Elector...
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    theologian (d. 1566) Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare (d. 1537) Elisabeth Plainacher, Austrian alleged witch (d. 1583) 1514 January 1 – George Gordon...
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