Famous Deaths In April - 24

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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1533  On this day in history birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)   

1538  On this day in history birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer   

1581  On April - 24 birth of vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)   

1594  Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on this day in history.   

1660  On April - 24 birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver   

1670  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on this day in history.   

1706  Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on April - 24.