Famous Deaths In July - 24

1115  On this day in history death of matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046)   

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 July - 24 death of prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545)   

1594  Death of John Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544) on July - 24.   

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

1712  Cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies on July - 24.   

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

1756  On this day in history george Vertue, engraver, dies   

1758  On July - 24 john Dyer, poet, dies   

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

1809  On July - 24 johann Gottfried Eckard, composer, dies at 74   

1812  Joseph Schuster, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

1826  Jacob Kimball, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1831  On July - 24 maria Agata Szymanowska, composer, dies at 41   

1837  On July - 24 death of charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter   

1842  On July - 24 john Sell Cotman, landscape painter, dies   

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

1862  On this day in history 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  On July - 24 death of ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59   

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

1910  On this day in history death of arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841)   

1927  On July - 24 death of ryÅ«nosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (b. 1892)   

1931  On July - 24 marie WF Treub, Dutch economist/minister of finance, dies at 75   

1933  Max von Schillings, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1936  James Philip Dunn, composer, dies at 52 on July - 24.   

1944  Death of Jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49 on July - 24.   

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  Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (d. 1718) was born on July - 24.   

1686  On this day in history birth of benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9]   

1720  On July - 24 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  Elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart) was born on July - 24.   

1757  On July - 24 birth of vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825)   

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