Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar
A crowd of around 40.000 including Charles Dickens witnessed Courvoisier's execution. In January 2017 his plaster death mask was sold for £20.000 by Thomson Roddick auction house. The name of the buyer is unknown.
(6 July 1840)
There are 3386 births, 3952 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2085 other events about 5739 people in 6452 places until today.
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De Gele Rijder Korenmarkt 43, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands. |
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