Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Events that happened 250 years ago

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

A search of Chase's apartment revealed assorted human and animal organs in his refrigerator.
(28 January 1978)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

There are 3366 births, 3926 deaths, 1121 murders, 497 disasters and 2076 other events about 5724 people in 6428 places until today.

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.

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There are 5 250 Years Celebrations in 2025:

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250 Years Ago Today

Sunday 8th of January 1775

Printer and type designer John Baskerville dies of unknown causes at the age of 69 in Easy Hill, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom.

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250 Years Ago Today

Friday 20th of January 1775

Physicist and mathematician André-Marie Ampère is born in Lyon, Saint-Nizier, Rhône-Alpes, France.

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250 Years Ago Today

Sunday 23rd of April 1775

Romantic landscape painter William Joseph Mallord Turner is born in Maiden Lane, London, Covent Garden, Greater London, United Kingdom.

It is generally believed Turner was born between late April and early May. Turner himself claimed he was born on 23 April but there is no proof.

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250 Years Ago Today

Sunday 23rd of July 1775

Criminal and criminalist Eugène François Vidocq known for founding the first known private detective agency is born in 222 Rue du Mirroir-de-Venise, Arras, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

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250 Years Ago Today

Saturday 16th of December 1775

Writer Jane Austen is born in Steventon, Hampshire, United Kingdom.