Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 24 October 1537

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A few days before his death Mitterand was joined by family members and close friends for a "last meal" that attracted controversy because it included the serving of roast ortolan bunting, a small wild songbird that is a protected species whose sale is illegal in France.
(8 January 1996)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Sunday 24th of October 1537 488 years ago
Third wife of Henry VIII Jane Seymour dies of puerperal fever at the age of 29 in Hampton Court Palace, Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom. Seymour contracted a bacterial infection during the birth of the future King Edward VI or by a tear in her perineum which became infected.