Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 18 August 1850

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The excavation took some 10 years using forced labour of Egyptian workers during the first years. The inauguration of the Suez Canal was on 17 November 1869.
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BirthFactDeath (-) Sunday 18th of August 1850 176 years, 8 months and 12 days ago
Writer and playwright Honoré de Balzac dies of peritonitis and gangrene at the age of 51 in 18 Rue Fortunée, VIIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. de Balzac's face was swollen up and had turned black.