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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/shqdowlss on 2025-07-28 15:44:42+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that there was no authentic record of Beethoven’s date of birth, but the registry of his baptism on December 17, 1770, survives, and it was customary to have infants baptized within 24 hours of birth.