1407

A blood libel prompted mobs to attack the city's Jews. One Jew was publicly tortured and burned at the stake on a charge of counterfeiting. Some other Jews were forcibly converted to Christianity.

1529

Katharine Weigel, 70-year-old wife of a wealthy goldsmith, was accused of apostasy by converting to Judaism. Facing punishment, she recanted and was received back into the Catholic fold.

1539

19 April 1539

Katharine Weigel, who had been charged with apostasy 10 years earlier, was now charged with blasphemy. So she was burned at the stake in the city's small marketplace (Maly Rynek). She was 80 years old. Although she confessed her faith in God, she would not affirm that Jesus was his Son. One chronicler wrote that Katharine went to her death boldly and cheerfully, as though it had been to her wedding.

1588

The antitrinitarian Anabaptist meetinghouse, which stood at the current-day intersection of Spitalna & S. Tomasza Streets (SW corner), was sacked by a Catholic mob. The building was restored, only to be destroyed 3 years later. (See 23 May 1591 below.) St. Thomas's Church now stands on the site.

1591

23 May 1591

On this Ascension Day, the Calvinist church building and the meetinghouse of the "Arians" were destroyed by Catholic mobs.

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