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Descartes dies in Stockholm in 1650 after the court winter; the death is health-harm in patronage weather, not a later poisoning novel as established Fact

Descartes died in Stockholm in 1650 after the court winter. The death is health-harm in patronage weather. In the causal graph this event weakens Health-System Capacity, a driver that strengthens Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) — a worsening welfare path.

Descartes dies in Stockholm in 1650 after the court winter; the death is health-harm in patronage weather, not a later poisoning novel as established Fact
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Descartes died in Stockholm in 1650 after the court winter. The death is health-harm in patronage weather. Later poisoning novels are not established Fact here. René Descartes's documented role is: He died on 11 February 1650 as later dated. Later poisoning stories are not upgraded here. Medium confidence on unique medical cause.

Context

The Christina row is the patronage. Sharing unnamed physicians of the later file is required. The setting of Descartes dies in Stockholm in 1650 after the court winter; the death is health-harm in patronage weather, not a later poisoning novel as established Fact is the public file around 1650-02-11. Driver health-system-capacity is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Why it matters

Worsening path from Descartes dies in Stockholm in 1650 after the court winter; the death is health-harm in patronage weather, not a later poisoning novel as established Fact on 1650-02-11. Poison novels stay unupgraded. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • René Descartes

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.28 · verified

    He died on 11 February 1650 as later dated. Later poisoning stories are not upgraded here. Medium confidence on unique medical cause.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactDescartes dies in Stockholm in 1650 after the court winter; the death is health-harm in patronage weather, not a later poisoning novel as established Fact
    2. weakensDriverHealth-System Capacity
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.25 · Effect from 11 February 1650 · verified

    Poison novels stay unupgraded.

    • Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)

      via Health-System Capacity

      Worse

      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 normal

      6 readings, 2018–2023: rose from 3.07 Per 1000 people to 3.08 Per 1000 people.

      Above normal = better

    • Under-five mortality rate (global)

      via Health-System Capacity

      Worse

      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 normal

      7 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.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes, Dutch yearsStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — René Descartes, residence in the NetherlandsEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Britannica — René Descartes, death at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rene-Descartes (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes, death in Sweden at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes/ (opens in a new tab) (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Official carrier: Britannica — René Descartes, death (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rene-Descartes (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes, death in Sweden (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes/ (opens in a new tab); Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

Established: a sourced public record of Descartes dies in Stockholm in 1650 after the court winter; the death is health-harm in patronage weather, not a later poisoning novel as established Fact under 1650-02-11 for René Descartes. Established: a sourced public record of Descartes dies in Stockholm in 1650 after the court winter; the death is health-harm in patronage weather, not a later poisoning novel as established Fact under 1650-02-11.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Day is handbook chronology of death. Mixed effects of Descartes dies in Stockholm in 1650 after the court winter; the death is health-harm in patronage weather, not a later poisoning novel as established Fact are separate paths.

Shared responsibility is part of Descartes dies in Stockholm in 1650 after the court winter; the death is health-harm in patronage weather, not a later poisoning novel as established Fact. Naming René Descartes does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1650-02-11 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.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorRené Descartes
  2. contributed toFactDescartes dies in Stockholm in 1650 after the court winter; the death is health-harm in patronage weather, not a later poisoning novel as established Fact
  3. weakensDriverHealth-System Capacity
  4. strengthensIndicatorHospital beds (per 1,000 people)

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Factrail. (2026). Descartes dies in Stockholm in 1650 after the court winter; the death is health-harm in patronage weather, not a later poisoning novel as established Fact. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/des-death-1650

https://factrail.ai/facts/des-death-1650

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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