Episode 3 of 3
Illness and Death
- When
- 19 April 1824
- Where
- Missolonghi
Byron fell ill in February 1824 and died on 19 April 1824 from a fever.
Byron fell ill on 15 February 1824 before an expedition could sail, and bloodletting weakened him further. He died on 19 April 1824, aged 36, from a fever contracted after the first and second sieges of Missolonghi.
Sources
- Lord Byron Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-01
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