Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 23 July 1757

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

Passengers, including many gold miners were killed by being dashed against the rocks by the waves rather than drowned. Others drowned weighed down by the belts of gold they were wearing around their bodies. The survivors, 21 passengers and 18 crew members were all men, with no women or children saved.
(26 October 1859)

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There are 3347 births, 3885 deaths, 1122 murders, 492 disasters and 2018 other events about 5697 people in 6343 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Saturday 23rd of July 1757 267 years ago
Baroque composer Domenico Giuseppe Scarlatti dies of unknown causes at the age of 72 in Madrid, Área metropolitana de Madrid, Spain.