Famous Deaths Happened In April - 24
Thursday, 03 April 2025
0624 Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.
0709 Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on April - 24.
0729 Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 on April - 24.
1077 Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies on this day in history.
1185 On April - 24 death of antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns
1338 Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on this day in history.
1530 On April - 24 jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies
1617 On April - 24 death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered
1622 Death of Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (b. 1577) on April - 24.
1656 Death of Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561) on this day in history.
1731 Daniel Defoe, English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies on April - 24.
1736 On this day in history death of prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (b. 1663)
1758 On this day in history florian Wrastill, composer, dies at 41
1776 Carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84 on this day in history.
1779 Death of Eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (b. 1711) on April - 24.
1824 Herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71 on this day in history.
1827 On this day in history pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82
1848 On this day in history francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69
1850 Louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1852 On this day in history death of vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (b. 1783)
1855 Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75 on April - 24.
1875 On this day in history jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58
1891 Count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.
1900 On April - 24 george J D Campbell, Brit min of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76
1904 On this day in history friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77
1912 Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81 on this day in history.
1917 Oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies on April - 24.
1922 On April - 24 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 April - 24.
1935 On April - 24 paul Klengel, composer, dies at 80
1936 Alphons Diepenbrock, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1938 On April - 24 death of george Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)
1939 John Foulds, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.
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