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

According to studies by the musicologist and literary scholar Eric Sams, Schumann's symptoms during his terminal illness and death appear consistent with those of mercury poisoning, mercury at this time being a common treatment for syphilis and other conditions.
(29 July 1856)

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

There are 3395 births, 3960 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5749 people in 6462 places until today.

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Rue d'Orchampt 11 bis, XVIIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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