accused of being a witch. The authorities agreed in order to solve this defamation dispute, and she passed the test and cleared her name in the eyes of her neighbors. While not actually a witch trial, as the authorities merely allowed her this to end the harassment from her neighbors, this can nevertheless be regarded as the last time that something resembling a witch trial took place in the Netherlands. Areas of the Netherlands under Spanish control after 1581 For witch trials in the Southern Low Countries, see Witch trials in the Spanish Netherlands The last witch trials on the territory of the modernday Netherlands took place near Roermond in 1613, a region that was controlled by Spain at the time. See also Witch trials in the early modern period References 1457 establishments in Europe 1450s establishments in the Burgundian Netherlands 1823 disestablishments in the Netherlands Early Modern law Early Modern politics Legal history of the Netherlands Political history of the Netherlands Social history of the Netherlands 16th century in the Netherlands 17th century in the Dutch Republic