Famous Deaths In April - 24

0624  On April - 24 death of mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury   

0709  On this day in history wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76   

0729  On April - 24 egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89   

1077  On this day in history geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies   

1185  On April - 24 death of antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns   

1338  Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on April - 24.   

1530  On April - 24 jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies   

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  On April - 24 death of thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)   

1731  Daniel Defoe, English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies on April - 24.   

1736  On this day in history death of prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (b. 1663)   

1758  Florian Wrastill, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1776  Carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84 on April - 24.   

1779  On this day in history death of eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (b. 1711)   

1824  On this day in history herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71   

1827  Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1848  On this day in history francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69   

1850  Louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1852  Death of Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (b. 1783) on this day in history.   

1855  On this day in history walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75   

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 April - 24.   

1900  On April - 24 george J D Campbell, Brit min of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76   

1904  On this day in history friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77   

1912  Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies   

1922  Richard Batka, composer, dies at 53 on April - 24.   

1924  On April - 24 george Street, English cricket wicket keeper (1 Test 1923), dies   

1928  Ferdinand B Hummel, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1935  Paul Klengel, composer, dies at 80 on April - 24.   

1936  On April - 24 alphons Diepenbrock, composer, dies at 73   

1938  Death of George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863) on this day in history.   

1939  On this day in history john Foulds, composer, dies at 58   

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1533  On April - 24 birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)   

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on April - 24.   

1581  Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.   

1594  Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on April - 24.   

1620  On this day in history birth of john Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography   

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

1670  On April - 24 birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer   

1706  On April - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer