Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 23 April 1775

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Descartes' mother died on 13 May 1597, a few days after giving birth to another son, who also died soon after.
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BirthFactDeath (+) Sunday 23rd of April 1775 249 years ago
Romantic landscape painter William Joseph Mallord Turner is born in Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London, 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.