Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 4 November 1847

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

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.
(25 August 1270)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 4th of November 1847 179 years, 3 months and 22 days ago
Composer Felix Mendelssohn born as Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy dies of apoplexy at the age of 38 in Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany.