Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 14 November 1716

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I took off my left shoe and tied small branches and straw against my leg. I lit several candles together and let the candlewax drip over the branches and my leg until a kind of shell was formed. Then I cut loose all the ropes and left the small stake behind.
(24 June 2005)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Saturday 14th of November 1716 310 years, 1 months and 27 days ago
Philosopher and polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz born as Godefroi Guillaume Leibnitz dies of unknown causes at the age of 70 in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.