Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 8 May 1811

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

On "Hallamas Day, being the first of Nouembar ... the Kings Maiesties plaiers" performed "A Play in the Banketinghouse at Whit Hall Called The Moor of Venis." The work is attributed to "Shaxberd."
(1 November 1604)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

There are 3359 births, 3911 deaths, 1122 murders, 494 disasters and 2072 other events about 5713 people in 6416 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 8th of May 1811 213 years ago
Plantation farmer and slave owner Arthur William Hodge is executed by hanging at the age of 48 in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, United Kingdom. Hodge was the first West Indian slave owner to be executed for the murder of a slave considered his property.