Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Hohenschwangau, Bayern, Germany || Schloss Neuschwanstein

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

Van Gogh supposedly gave it to Gabrielle Berlatier, a farmer’s daughter who worked as a maid at a brothel frequented by Van Gogh. He was found unconscious the next morning by a policeman and taken to hospital where Félix Rey, a young doctor still in training, treated him. The ear was delivered to the hospital but Rey did not attempt to reattach it as too much time had passed.
(24 December 1888)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1990

There are 3388 births, 3954 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5741 people in 6457 places until today.

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Schloss Neuschwanstein

Hohenschwangau, Bayern, Germany.

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Thursday 10th of June 1886 (x) — King of Bavaria Ludwig II is officially declared incapable of executing his governmental powers due to insanity.
Ludwig II was transported to Schloss Berg on the shores of Starnberger See, south of München.