Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 3 November 1793

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Burke was hanged in front of a crowd possibly as large as 25.000; views from windows in the tenements overlooking the scaffold were hired at prices ranging from 5 to 20 shillings. Burke's skeleton was given to the Anatomical Museum of the Edinburgh Medical School where it remains. His death mask and a book said to be bound with his tanned skin can be seen at Surgeons' Hall Museum.
(28 January 1829)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Sunday 3rd of November 1793 231 years ago
Feminist, activist, playwright and abolitionist Olympe de Gouges born as Marie Gouze is executed by the Guillotine at the age of 45 in Place de la Révolution, VIIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. de Gouges was sentenced to death for seditious behaviour and attempting to reinstate the monarchy.