Famous Deaths In August - 24
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0079 Death of Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23) on this day in history.
1103 On this day in history magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies
1217 Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on August - 24.
1313 Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies on August - 24.
1371 Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on this day in history.
1540 On this day in history death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)
1542 On August - 24 death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)
1572 Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on this day in history.
1595 Thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies on August - 24.
1647 On this day in history nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61
1664 On August - 24 death of maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610)
1666 Francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57 on this day in history.
1679 On this day in history death of jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz, French churchman and agitator (b. 1614)
1680 Death of Ferdinand Bulb, Dutch painter/etcher, buried on this day in history.
1683 Death of John Owen, English non-conformist theologian (b. 1616) on August - 24.
1712 Thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.
1724 On this day in history andreas Kneller, composer, dies at 75
1759 Ewald C von Kleist, German poet, dies at 44 on August - 24.
1770 On August - 24 thomas Chatterton, English poet (Revenge), dies
1779 Death of Saint Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek Orthodox martyr (b. 1714) on this day in history.
1798 On August - 24 death of thomas Alcock, English clergyman (b. 1709)
1801 Jacques-Denis Antoine, French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68 on August - 24.
1832 Death of Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French mathematician (b. 1796) on this day in history.
1833 Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1840 On August - 24 joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89
1841 Karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.
1888 On August - 24 rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies
1889 On August - 24 jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies
1895 On this day in history john F Loudon, entrepreneur/colonial director, dies at 74
1906 On August - 24 alfred Stevens, Belgian painter, dies
1907 Pieter Louis Tak, writer (Chronicle), dies at 58 on August - 24.
1921 Death of Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet (b. 1886) on this day in history.
1923 On August - 24 kate Douglas Wiggin, author (US kindergarten movement), dies at 66
1939 W H Moule, cricketer (Australia v England 1880)/High Court judge, dies on this day in history.
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