Famous Deaths In October - 24
Saturday, 07 September 2024
0996 On October - 24 hugo Capet, king of France (987-96), dies at 58
1375 Death of King Valdemar IV of Denmark (bc. 1320) on this day in history.
1521 Robert Fayrfax, composer, dies at 57 on October - 24.
1537 On October - 24 jane Seymour, 3rd wife of Henry VIII, dies
1572 Death of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English politician (bc. 1508) on this day in history.
1579 On October - 24 albrecht V von Wittelsbach, duke of Bavaria, dies at 51
1601 On October - 24 tycho Brahe, astronomer, dies in Prague at 54
1649 Ferdinand van Boisschot, South Neth diplomat, dies at about 89 on this day in history.
1655 On October - 24 pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, dies at 63
1667 Death of Gabriel Metsu, Dutch painter, buried on this day in history.
1669 Death of William Prynne, English Puritan leader (b. 1600) on this day in history.
1672 On this day in history death of john Webb, English architect (b. 1611)
1679 Barent Avercamp, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 66 on this day in history.
1708 Death of Kowa Seki, Japanese mathematician on October - 24.
1785 Jean-Jacques Robson, composer, dies at 64 on October - 24.
1789 On October - 24 joaquin de Oxinaga, composer, dies at 69
1799 Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59 on October - 24.
1821 On this day in history death of elias Boudinot, American President of the Continental Congress (b. 1740)
1852 On this day in history daniel Webster, lawyer/speaker/minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 70
1860 On this day in history elie Decazes, French Bourbon Restoration politician, dies at 80
1864 James Jay Archer, US Conf brig-general, dies in battle at 46 on October - 24.
1875 On this day in history death of raffaello Carboni, Italian writer
1897 On this day in history francis Turner Palgrave, poet/editor (Golden Treasury), dies at 73
1898 Death of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter (b. 1824) on this day in history.
1901 Paul Henrion, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1902 On this day in history vladislav Ivanovich Zaremba, composer, dies at 69
1912 On this day in history louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Zeesterre), dies at 83
1915 On October - 24 death of désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (b. 1828)
1918 Alexander Charles Lecocq, composer, dies at 86 on October - 24.
1922 Death of George Cadbury, British chocolate and cocoa manufacturer (b. 1839) on October - 24.
1925 On this day in history jindrich S Baar, Czech pastor/writer (Lusy), dies at 56
1929 On this day in history peter J Blok, Dutch historian, dies at 74
1930 On this day in history renaat Verheijen, Flemish actor/director (Dr Faustus), dies at 26
1931 Murray Bisset, cricketer (S Afr)/Chief Justice of Rhodesia, dies on October - 24.
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