Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 17 August 1916

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

According to historian Raphael Volterrano "It was a revolting scene to look at that deformed, blackened corpse, prodigiously swelled, and exhaling an infectious smell; his lips and nose were covered with brown drivel, his mouth was opened very widely, and his tongue, inflated by poison,... therefore no fanatic or devotee dared to kiss his feet or hands, as custom would have required."
(18 August 1503)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 17th of August 1916 108 years ago
Artist Umberto Boccioni dies of multiple injuries at the age of 34 in Verona, Veneto, Italy. The day before Boccioni was thrown off his horse during a cavalry training and trampled.