Famous Deaths Happened In February - 24
Saturday, 15 March 2025
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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