Famous Deaths In April - 24
Saturday, 07 September 2024
0624 Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.
0709 On April - 24 wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76
0729 On this day in history egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89
1077 Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies on this day in history.
1185 On this day in history death of antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns
1338 On this day in history death of marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)
1530 Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on April - 24.
1617 On April - 24 death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered
1622 On April - 24 death of fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (b. 1577)
1656 Death of Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561) on April - 24.
1731 Daniel Defoe, English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies on this day in history.
1736 On April - 24 death of prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (b. 1663)
1758 On this day in history florian Wrastill, composer, dies at 41
1776 On this day in history carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84
1779 Death of Eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (b. 1711) on April - 24.
1824 Herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71 on this day in history.
1827 Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82 on April - 24.
1848 Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69 on April - 24.
1850 Louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70 on April - 24.
1852 On April - 24 death of vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (b. 1783)
1855 Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1875 On April - 24 jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58
1891 Count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.
1900 George J D Campbell, Brit min of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76 on this day in history.
1904 Friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1912 On April - 24 justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81
1917 Oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies on this day in history.
1922 On April - 24 richard Batka, composer, dies at 53
1924 George Street, English cricket wicket keeper (1 Test 1923), dies on this day in history.
1928 Ferdinand B Hummel, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.
1935 On this day in history paul Klengel, composer, dies at 80
1936 On April - 24 alphons Diepenbrock, composer, dies at 73
1938 On April - 24 death of george Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)
1939 John Foulds, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.
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