A final febrile illness at Porto Ercole in July 1610 ends Caravaggio’s life after arrest confusion on the shore
Dated 10 July 1610: A final febrile illness at Porto Ercole in July 1610 ends Caravaggio’s life after arrest confusion on the shore. In the causal graph this event strengthens Infectious-Disease Transmission, a driver that weakens Life expectancy at birth — a worsening welfare path.
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Local officers share the custody-medical file.
Context
cv-death-1610 is the death date row.
Caravaggio’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.
Tuscan coast hospitals and Spanish garrison paperwork; bodies and belongings disputed.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Caravaggio
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.4 · verified
Named dying patient under shore detention. Local officers share custody.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactA final febrile illness at Porto Ercole in July 1610 ends Caravaggio’s life after arrest confusion on the shore
- strengthensDriverInfectious-Disease Transmission
- weakensIndicators (3)Life expectancy at birth
impact weight 0.45 · Effect from 10 July 1610 · verified
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.5)
Observed
80 Years · 2.3 below the normal line (2023)
Worse than normal6 readings, 2018–2023: rose from 79.5 Years to 80 Years.
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.45 × 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
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.4)
Observed
11% of primary-school-age children · 11 above the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalAbove normal = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Britannica — CaravaggioEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
- 2.Met Heilbrunn — Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) and His FollowersMetropolitan Museum of Art · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Britannica dates his death at Porto Ercole on 18 July 1610 after a febrile collapse following detention confusion.
Britannica and Met independently narrate fever and shore detention around the Porto Ercole death.
Established: July 1610 febrile final illness in the biography file. Not established: a modern microbe name beyond received fever narratives.
Caravaggio did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act. Keep distinct from the calendar death date row without inventing a conspiracy.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorCaravaggio
- contributed toFactA final febrile illness at Porto Ercole in July 1610 ends Caravaggio’s life after arrest confusion on the shore
- strengthensDriverInfectious-Disease Transmission
- weakensIndicatorLife expectancy at birth
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Factrail. (2026). A final febrile illness at Porto Ercole in July 1610 ends Caravaggio’s life after arrest confusion on the shore. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/cv-fever-final-1610
https://factrail.ai/facts/cv-fever-final-1610
Accessed 16 October 2026.
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