Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 25 August 1270

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Manning's hanging was the first time a husband and wife had been executed together in the United Kingdom since 1700. Supposedly wearing black satin, Manning's hanging drew a crowd of 50.000, including writer Charles Dickens.
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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 25th of August 1270 754 years ago He Was Subject to mos Teutonicus
King of France Louis IX aka Saint Louis dies of dysentery at the age of 56 in Tunis, Protectorat Français, Tunisia. After Louis IX his death his body was subject to the process known as mos Teutonicus (a postmortem funerary custom used in medieval Europe whereby the flesh was boiled from the body, so that the bones of the deceased could be transported hygienically from distant lands back home) for its transportation back to France.