Famous Deaths Happened In April - 24

0624  On this day in history death of mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury   

0709  On April - 24 wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76   

0729  On April - 24 egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89   

1077  Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies on this day in history.   

1185  On this day in history death of antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns   

1338  Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on April - 24.   

1530  On this day in history jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies   

1617  On this day in history death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered   

1622  On April - 24 death of fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (b. 1577)   

1656  On April - 24 death of thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)   

1731  Daniel Defoe, English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies on this day in history.   

1736  On this day in history death of prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (b. 1663)   

1758  Florian Wrastill, composer, dies at 41 on April - 24.   

1776  Carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1779  On April - 24 death of eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (b. 1711)   

1824  On April - 24 herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71   

1827  Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1848  On April - 24 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  On this day in history walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75   

1875  Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58 on April - 24.   

1891  On April - 24 count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies   

1900  George J D Campbell, Brit min of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1904  Friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77 on April - 24.   

1912  Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81 on April - 24.   

1917  Oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies on April - 24.   

1922  Richard Batka, composer, dies at 53 on April - 24.   

1924  George Street, English cricket wicket keeper (1 Test 1923), dies on this day in history.   

1928  On April - 24 ferdinand B Hummel, composer, dies at 72   

1935  Paul Klengel, composer, dies at 80 on April - 24.   

1936  On this day in history alphons Diepenbrock, composer, dies at 73   

1938  Death of George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863) on April - 24.   

1939  On this day in history john Foulds, composer, dies at 58   

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1533  William I of Orange (d. 1584) was born on April - 24.   

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on April - 24.   

1581  Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) was born on April - 24.   

1594  On this day in history birth of benedikt Lechler, composer   

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on this day in history.   

1660  Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver was born on April - 24.   

1670  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on April - 24.   

1706  On April - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer