Copernicus dies at Frombork on 24 May 1543 as the printed book arrives in the later telling
On 24 May 1543 Copernicus died at Frombork as the printed book arrives in the later telling. In the causal graph this event weakens Health-System Capacity, a driver that strengthens Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) — a worsening welfare path.
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On 24 May 1543 Copernicus died at Frombork as the printed book arrives in the later telling. The last-day touching anecdote is medium colour, not a tape. Nicolaus Copernicus's documented role is: He died. Later anecdote that he touched the printed book on the last day is medium colour, not a tape. He did not author a unique last-day protocol.
Context
Chapter colleagues sit at the death-file. Sharing that close is required. Osiander's preface is already in the printed object. The setting of Copernicus dies at Frombork on 24 May 1543 as the printed book arrives in the later telling is the public file around 1543-05-24. Driver health-system-capacity is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.
Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. The print shop remains 1543 Nuremberg. Mixed effects of Copernicus dies at Frombork on 24 May 1543 as the printed book arrives in the later telling are separate paths.
Why it matters
Worsening path from Copernicus dies at Frombork on 24 May 1543 as the printed book arrives in the later telling on 1543-05-24. A dated death at the moment of print is a health path of medium-low personal coefficient; stored to close the 1543 file. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.
That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Nicolaus Copernicus
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.24 · verified
He died. Later anecdote that he touched the printed book on the last day is medium colour, not a tape. He did not author a unique last-day protocol.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactCopernicus dies at Frombork on 24 May 1543 as the printed book arrives in the later telling
- weakensDriverHealth-System Capacity
- strengthensIndicators (2)Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
impact weight 0.25 · Effect from 24 May 1543 · verified
A dated death at the moment of print is a health path of medium-low personal coefficient; stored to close the 1543 file.
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.15 (weight 0.25 × strength 0.6)
Observed
3.08 Per 1000 people · 1.24 below the normal line (2023)
Worse than normal6 readings, 2018–2023: rose from 3.07 Per 1000 people to 3.08 Per 1000 people.
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.13 (weight 0.25 × strength 0.5)
Observed
37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births · 12.4 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal7 readings, 2018–2024: fell from 40 deaths per 1,000 live births to 37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births.
Above normal = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.MacTutor — Copernicus, Ferrara doctorate neighbourhoodUniversity of St Andrews · High credibility · verified
- 2.Britannica — Nicolaus Copernicus, Bologna neighbourhoodEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Official locator: Britannica — Nicolaus Copernicus, death at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nicolaus-Copernicus (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: MacTutor — Copernicus, death 24 May 1543 at https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Copernicus/ (opens in a new tab) (University of St Andrews). Official carrier: Britannica — Nicolaus Copernicus, death (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nicolaus-Copernicus (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: MacTutor — Copernicus, death 24 May 1543 (https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Copernicus/ (opens in a new tab); University of St Andrews).
Established: a sourced public record of Copernicus dies at Frombork on 24 May 1543 as the printed book arrives in the later telling under 1543-05-24 for Nicolaus Copernicus. Established: a sourced public record of Copernicus dies at Frombork on 24 May 1543 as the printed book arrives in the later telling under 1543-05-24.
Shared responsibility is part of Copernicus dies at Frombork on 24 May 1543 as the printed book arrives in the later telling. Naming Nicolaus Copernicus does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1543-05-24 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.
If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.
Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorNicolaus Copernicus
- contributed toFactCopernicus dies at Frombork on 24 May 1543 as the printed book arrives in the later telling
- weakensDriverHealth-System Capacity
- strengthensIndicatorHospital beds (per 1,000 people)
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Factrail. (2026). Copernicus dies at Frombork on 24 May 1543 as the printed book arrives in the later telling. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/cp-death-1543
https://factrail.ai/facts/cp-death-1543
Accessed 16 October 2026.
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