Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 17 August 1916

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

There is reason to believe that Delacroix' father Charles-François was infertile at the time of Eugène's conception and that his real father was Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord who was a friend of the family and successor of Charles Delacroix as Minister of Foreign Affairs and whom the adult Eugène resembled in appearance and character.
(26 April 1798)

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There are 2585 births, 2086 deaths, 511 murders, 314 disasters and 1314 other events about 3693 people in 4243 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 17th of August 1916 102 years ago
Artist Umberto Boccioni dies of multiple injuries at the age of 34 in Verona, Veneto, Italy. The day before Boccioni was thrown off his horse during a cavalry training and trampled.