who was the first person executed in the salem witch trials
Bridget Bishop Bridget Bishop (c. 1632 â€” June 10, 1692) was the first person executed for witchcraft during the Salem witch trials in 1692. All together, about 72 people were accused and tried, while 19 others were executed and suffered the same fate.
Hamida Djandoubi Hamida Djandoubi (Arabic: حميدة جندوبي‎; September 22, 1949 – September 10, 1977) was a Tunisian agricultural worker and convicted murderer. He moved to Marseille, France, in 1968 and six years later he kidnapped, tortured and murdered 22-year-old Élisabeth Bousquet, his former girlfriend. He was sentenced to death in February 1977 and executed by guillotine in September that year. He was the last person to be executed in Western Europe and in the European Union[2] and the last person legally executed by beheading in the Western world. Marcel Chevalier served as chief executioner.[3]