Famous Deaths Happened In April - 24

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

1538  On April - 24 birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer   

1581  On April - 24 birth of vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)   

1594  On April - 24 birth of benedikt Lechler, composer   

1620  On this day in history birth of john Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography   

1660  On April - 24 birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver   

1670  On this day in history birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer   

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