In ancient Rome, the Feast of the Holy Cross was celebrated on this date in commemoration of a supernatural vision of a cross in the sky, as well as a battle victory of Roman Emperor Constantine I.

On this date in the year 1692, the Witch trial of two Pilgrim women opened in Stamford, Connecticut. One was found not guilty; the other was convicted and sentenced to die, but was later reprieved by an investigating committee.

On this date in the year 1486, Henry Cornelius Agrippa (Agrippa Von Nettesheim) was born in Cologne, France. He was skilled in the art of divination, numerology, and astrology, and wrote several books that had a great influence over Western Occultism. He died in Grenoble, France in the year 1535.

Philip IV of france draws up the order for the arrest of the French Templars in the year 1306.