Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 30 May 1778

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

All that was left of the aged Dr. Bentley was the lower half of his right leg with the slipper still on it. The rest of his body had been reduced to a pile of ashes in the basement below.
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BirthFactDeath (-) Saturday 30th of May 1778 248 years, 7 months and 10 days ago
Writer Voltaire born as François-Marie Arouet dies of unknown causes at the age of 84 in 27 Quai Voltaire, VIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. When asked on his deathbed by a priest to renounce the devil and turn to God Voltaire replied "For God's sake, let me die in peace."