Famous Deaths In January - 24

0041  Death of Caligula, [G C Germanicus], Roman emperor (37-41), assassinated at 28 on this day in history.   

0661  On January - 24 death of ali ibn Abu Talib, kalief of Islam (656-61), murdered   

0772  On this day in history stefanus III/IV, pope (768-72), dies   

0817  Stefanus IV, pope (816-17), dies on this day in history.   

1125  On this day in history death of david IV of Georgia (b. 1073)   

1336  On January - 24 alfonso IV, the Benignant, king of Aragon (1327-36), dies at 36   

1366  On January - 24 death of alfonso IV of Aragon (b. 1299)   

1376  Death of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English military leader on January - 24.   

1473  On January - 24 conrad Paumann, German blind organist/composer, dies   

1547  On January - 24 death of henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, executed for treason   

1595  On this day in history death of ferdinand II of Austria (b. 1529)   

1626  Death of Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (b. 1580) on this day in history.   

1639  Death of George Jenatsch, Grisons leader, assassinated on this day in history.   

1666  On this day in history johann Andreas Herbst, composer, dies at 77   

1678  On this day in history joan Maetsuyker, gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 72   

1709  On January - 24 death of george Rooke, English admiral (b. 1650)   

1769  On January - 24 death of françois de Chevert, French general (b. 1695)   

1805  On January - 24 giacomo Conti, composer, dies at 50   

1812  Eligio Celestino, composer, dies at 72 on January - 24.   

1851  On January - 24 gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, Italian composer, dies at 76   

1856  On January - 24 death of rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775)   

1862  On this day in history james McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33   

1864  Otto Jonas Lindblad, composer, dies at 54 on January - 24.   

1877  Death of Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796) on January - 24.   

1882  On January - 24 death of levi Boone, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1808)   

1883  Friedrich von Flotow, German baron/composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1884  On January - 24 johann Christian Gebauer, composer, dies at 75   

1885  On January - 24 martin R Delany, politician & black nationalist, dies at 72   

1895  On this day in history death of lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849)   

1901  On January - 24 simon Hassler, composer, dies at 68   

1904  On January - 24 franz Coenen, composer, dies at 77   

1911  On this day in history carl Eilhardt, composer, dies at 67   

1913  Gustav Luders, composer, dies at 47 on January - 24.   

1918  Death of George Arthur Crump, Founder of the Pine Valley Golf Club in Clementon NJ (b. 1871) on this day in history.   

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1287  On this day in history birth of richard Aungerville, English bishop (d. 1345)   

1444  Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1476) was born on January - 24.   

1638  On January - 24 birth of charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet (d. 1706)   

1664  On January - 24 birth of john Vanbrugh, London, dramatist/architect (baptized)   

1670  On this day in history birth of william Congreve, English playwright (d. 1729)   

1674  On January - 24 birth of thomas Tanner, English bishop (d. 1735)   

1679  On this day in history birth of christian von Wolff, German philosopher   

1705  On this day in history birth of farinelli, [Carlo Broschi], Andria Italy, castrato