Famous Deaths Happened In February - 24

0616  On February - 24 death of king Ethelbert of Kent   

1525  On February - 24 death of guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier   

1563  Death of Francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44 on this day in history.   

1588  On February - 24 death of johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist   

1642  Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66 on February - 24.   

1666  Nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77 on February - 24.   

1674  On February - 24 death of matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616)   

1685  On this day in history death of charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629)   

1686  Ferdinando Tacca, Italian painter/son of Pietro Tacca, dies at 66 on February - 24.   

1692  Antimo Liberati, composer, dies at 74 on February - 24.   

1704  Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (church music), dies on this day in history.   

1714  Death of Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (b. 1637) on this day in history.   

1721  On February - 24 death of john Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (b. 1648)   

1732  On February - 24 death of colonel Francis Charteris, known as "The Rape-Master General". (b. 1675)   

1735  On this day in history georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer, dies at 56   

1777  On this day in history death of king Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)   

1779  Death of Paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (b. 1704) on this day in history.   

1781  On February - 24 death of edward Capell, English critic (b. 1713)   

1784  Anton Laube, composer, dies at 65 on February - 24.   

1785  Carlo Bonaparte, Corsican attorney, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1799  On this day in history broerius Brorius, theologist (Pensive Christian), dies at about 41   

1806  On February - 24 john Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist (Society for General Use), dies at 81   

1810  Henry Cavendish, physicist/chemist, dies on this day in history.   

1812  Hugo Kollataj, Polish teacher/minister, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1815  On this day in history robert Fulton, steamboat pioneer, dies   

1825  On this day in history thomas Bowdler, self-appointed Shakespearean censor, dies   

1829  Auguste Chouteau, St Louis co-founder, dies on February - 24.   

1862  On this day in history bernard S Ingemann, Danish author (Holger Danske), dies at 72   

1874  Anselmo Clave, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1876  Jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67 on February - 24.   

1895  On this day in history ignaz Lachner, composer, dies at 87   

1907  On this day in history otto Goldschmidt, composer, dies at 77   

1908  Anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1914  Death of Joshua Chamberlain, Civil War hero for the Union on Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg on February - 24.   

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1103  Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156) was born on this day in history.   

1304  On February - 24 birth of muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia & Africa)   

1304  Ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. 1368) ? was born on this day in history.   

1463  Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist was born on February - 24.   

1500  Carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56)/Holy Roman Emperor was born on February - 24.   

1501  On this day in history birth of sixt(us) Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Suzanna)   

1536  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605) was born on this day in history.   

1545  Don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578) was born on this day in history.