Famous Deaths Happened In October - 24
Sunday, 16 February 2025
0996 On October - 24 hugo Capet, king of France (987-96), dies at 58
1375 On October - 24 death of king Valdemar IV of Denmark (bc. 1320)
1521 Robert Fayrfax, composer, dies at 57 on October - 24.
1537 Jane Seymour, 3rd wife of Henry VIII, dies on October - 24.
1572 Death of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English politician (bc. 1508) on this day in history.
1579 Albrecht V von Wittelsbach, duke of Bavaria, dies at 51 on this day in history.
1601 On October - 24 tycho Brahe, astronomer, dies in Prague at 54
1649 On October - 24 ferdinand van Boisschot, South Neth diplomat, dies at about 89
1655 Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, dies at 63 on October - 24.
1667 On this day in history death of gabriel Metsu, Dutch painter, buried
1669 Death of William Prynne, English Puritan leader (b. 1600) on this day in history.
1672 On October - 24 death of john Webb, English architect (b. 1611)
1679 On October - 24 barent Avercamp, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 66
1708 Death of Kowa Seki, Japanese mathematician on October - 24.
1785 On this day in history jean-Jacques Robson, composer, dies at 64
1789 Joaquin de Oxinaga, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.
1799 On this day in history carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59
1821 Death of Elias Boudinot, American President of the Continental Congress (b. 1740) on October - 24.
1852 Daniel Webster, lawyer/speaker/minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 70 on October - 24.
1860 On October - 24 elie Decazes, French Bourbon Restoration politician, dies at 80
1864 On October - 24 james Jay Archer, US Conf brig-general, dies in battle at 46
1875 Death of Raffaello Carboni, Italian writer on this day in history.
1897 On October - 24 francis Turner Palgrave, poet/editor (Golden Treasury), dies at 73
1898 Death of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter (b. 1824) on this day in history.
1901 Paul Henrion, composer, dies at 82 on October - 24.
1902 Vladislav Ivanovich Zaremba, composer, dies at 69 on October - 24.
1912 On this day in history louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Zeesterre), dies at 83
1915 Death of Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (b. 1828) on October - 24.
1918 On October - 24 alexander Charles Lecocq, composer, dies at 86
1922 On October - 24 death of george Cadbury, British chocolate and cocoa manufacturer (b. 1839)
1925 On October - 24 jindrich S Baar, Czech pastor/writer (Lusy), dies at 56
1929 Peter J Blok, Dutch historian, dies at 74 on October - 24.
1930 On October - 24 renaat Verheijen, Flemish actor/director (Dr Faustus), dies at 26
1931 On this day in history murray Bisset, cricketer (S Afr)/Chief Justice of Rhodesia, dies
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