Famous Deaths Happened In February - 24

0616  On this day in history death of king Ethelbert of Kent   

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

1563  On this day in history death of francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44   

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

1642  On this day in history marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66   

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

1674  On this day in history death of matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616)   

1685  Death of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629) on February - 24.   

1686  On February - 24 ferdinando Tacca, Italian painter/son of Pietro Tacca, dies at 66   

1692  On this day in history antimo Liberati, composer, dies at 74   

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

1714  On February - 24 death of edmund Andros, English governor in North America (b. 1637)   

1721  Death of John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (b. 1648) on this day in history.   

1732  Death of Colonel Francis Charteris, known as "The Rape-Master General". (b. 1675) on this day in history.   

1735  On February - 24 georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer, dies at 56   

1777  Death of King Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714) on February - 24.   

1779  On this day in history death of paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (b. 1704)   

1781  Death of Edward Capell, English critic (b. 1713) on February - 24.   

1784  On February - 24 anton Laube, composer, dies at 65   

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  Robert Fulton, steamboat pioneer, dies on February - 24.   

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

1829  On this day in history auguste Chouteau, St Louis co-founder, dies   

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

1874  Anselmo Clave, composer, dies at 49 on February - 24.   

1876  On this day in history jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67   

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

1907  Otto Goldschmidt, composer, dies at 77 on February - 24.   

1908  On February - 24 anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer, dies at 66   

1914  Death of Joshua Chamberlain, Civil War hero for the Union on Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg on this day in history.   

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1103  On this day in history birth of emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156)   

1304  Muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia & Africa) was born on February - 24.   

1304  On this day in history birth of ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. 1368) ?   

1463  On February - 24 birth of giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist   

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.