Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 16 October 1708

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

In 1742 Swift suffered great pain from the inflammation of his left eye which swelled to the size of an egg; five attendants had to restrain him from tearing out his eye.
(19 October 1745)

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BirthFactDeath (+) Tuesday 16th of October 1708 316 years ago
Anatomist, physiologist, naturalist and poet Albrecht von Haller aka The Father of Modern Physiology is born in Bern, Mittelland, Switzerland.