Famous Deaths In July - 24

1115  Death of Matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046) on this day in history.   

1240  On July - 24 death of konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights   

1345  On this day in history death of jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered   

1568  On this day in history death of prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545)   

1594  On July - 24 death of john Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544)   

1652  On this day in history johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32   

1712  On this day in history cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies   

1739  Benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday on July - 24.   

1756  On July - 24 george Vertue, engraver, dies   

1758  John Dyer, poet, dies on this day in history.   

1768  Death of Nathanial Lardner, English theologian (b. 1684) on July - 24.   

1809  On this day in history johann Gottfried Eckard, composer, dies at 74   

1812  On July - 24 joseph Schuster, composer, dies at 63   

1819  On July - 24 sophie Gail, composer, dies at 43   

1826  On this day in history jacob Kimball, composer, dies at 65   

1831  Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history death of charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter   

1842  John Sell Cotman, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.   

1846  Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer/choir master, dies at 81 on July - 24.   

1862  On July - 24 martin Van Buren, 8th pres (1837-41), dies in Kinderhook NY at 79   

1865  Johan Filip von Schantz, composer, dies at 30 on July - 24.   

1868  George Cattermole, painter/illustrator, dies on this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history thomas Molleson Mudie, composer, dies at 66   

1883  Death of Matthew Webb, English Channel swimmer, drowns above Niagara Falls on this day in history.   

1900  Death of Ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59 on July - 24.   

1908  On this day in history death of vicente Acosta, Salvadoran poet (b. the same day 1867)   

1910  On July - 24 death of arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841)   

1927  On this day in history death of ryÅ«nosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (b. 1892)   

1931  On this day in history marie WF Treub, Dutch economist/minister of finance, dies at 75   

1933  Max von Schillings, composer, dies at 65 on July - 24.   

1936  James Philip Dunn, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1944  Death of Jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49 on this day in history.   

1947  Ernest Austin, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history mary Church Terrell, educator/civil rights leader, dies at 90   

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1380  On this day in history birth of johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint   

1660  On July - 24 birth of charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (d. 1718)   

1686  On July - 24 birth of benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9]   

1720  On this day in history birth of louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik   

1725  John Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807) was born on July - 24.   

1738  On July - 24 birth of elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart)   

1757  Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825) was born on July - 24.   

1759  On July - 24 birth of victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21)