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We don’t know the exact date but we know this is the year of his birth. It used to be said that he was born in Nigeria but as of the 21st century there is debate that he was born in North America.
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If the years line up with his story this was the year Olaudah was kidnapped at the age of 11. After being kidnapped he was taken to the West Indies. He was then moved to Virginia where he was sold to Michael Henry Pascal a sea captain.
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In 1766 Olaudah bought himself free from Pascal. He moved from America to Europe and settled in England. There he worked as abolitionists and talked against British slavery in Jamaica.
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Nothing really is said about how he died. There is a thought that it was from terminal disease which would make sense for his death at 52. You could also Artur however that the hardships of his life caught up to him after some time.