Famous Deaths In February - 24

0616  Death of King Ethelbert of Kent on this day in history.  

1525  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1666  On this day in history nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77  

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

1692  On February - 24 antimo Liberati, composer, dies at 74  

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1704  On this day in history marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (church music), dies  

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

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  Georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of edward Capell, English critic (b. 1713)  

1784  On this day in history anton Laube, composer, dies at 65  

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

1799  Broerius Brorius, theologist (Pensive Christian), dies at about 41 on February - 24.  

1806  On this day in history john Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist (Society for General Use), dies at 81  

1810  On this day in history henry Cavendish, physicist/chemist, dies  

1812  On February - 24 hugo Kollataj, Polish teacher/minister, dies at 61  

1815  Robert Fulton, steamboat pioneer, dies on February - 24.  

1825  On February - 24 thomas Bowdler, self-appointed Shakespearean censor, dies  

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

1862  Bernard S Ingemann, Danish author (Holger Danske), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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

1876  Jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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

1907  Otto Goldschmidt, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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

1914  On this day in history death of joshua Chamberlain, Civil War hero for the Union on Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg  

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

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  On this day in history birth of clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605)  

1545  Don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578) was born on February - 24.