Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 21 October 1440

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In July Innocentius VIII fell into a fever. He was said to have been given the world's first blood transfusion by his Jewish physician Giacomo di San Genesio, who had him bathe in the blood of three 10-year-old boys. The boys subsequently died.
(25 July 1492)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Wednesday 21st of October 1440 584 years ago Il a Avoué Volontairement, Librement et Douloureusement
35-year-old baron, knight, companion-in-arms of Jeanne D'Arc and serial killer of children Gilles de Rais, originally Gilles de Montmorency-Laval aka Gilles de Retz makes a full confession of his crimes in court in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France.