Famous Deaths In April - 24
Saturday, 02 November 2024
0624 Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 24.
0709 On this day in history wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76
0729 Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 on April - 24.
1077 On April - 24 geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies
1185 Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on this day in history.
1338 On this day in history death of marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)
1530 On April - 24 jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies
1617 Death of Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered on April - 24.
1622 On this day in history death of fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (b. 1577)
1656 Death of Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561) on this day in history.
1731 On April - 24 daniel Defoe, English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies
1736 Death of Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (b. 1663) on this day in history.
1758 Florian Wrastill, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71
1827 Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82 on April - 24.
1848 Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69 on this day in history.
1850 Louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70 on April - 24.
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 this day in history jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58
1891 On this day in history count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies
1900 On April - 24 george J D Campbell, Brit min of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76
1904 Friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1912 Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81 on April - 24.
1917 On this day in history oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies
1922 On this day in history richard Batka, composer, dies at 53
1924 On this day in history george Street, English cricket wicket keeper (1 Test 1923), dies
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 this day in history alphons Diepenbrock, composer, dies at 73
1938 On this day in history death of george Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)
1939 John Foulds, composer, dies at 58 on April - 24.
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