Famous Deaths Happened In February - 24
Friday, 18 July 2025
0616 Death of King Ethelbert of Kent on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1666 On February - 24 nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77
1674 Death of Matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616) on February - 24.
1685 Death of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629) on this day in history.
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 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 Death of John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (b. 1648) on February - 24.
1732 On this day in history death of colonel Francis Charteris, known as "The Rape-Master General". (b. 1675)
1735 On February - 24 georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer, dies at 56
1777 On February - 24 death of king Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)
1779 Death of Paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (b. 1704) on February - 24.
1781 On February - 24 death of edward Capell, English critic (b. 1713)
1784 Anton Laube, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1785 On this day in history carlo Bonaparte, Corsican attorney, dies at 39
1799 On February - 24 broerius Brorius, theologist (Pensive Christian), dies at about 41
1806 John Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist (Society for General Use), dies at 81 on February - 24.
1810 On this day in history henry Cavendish, physicist/chemist, dies
1812 Hugo Kollataj, Polish teacher/minister, dies at 61 on February - 24.
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 On February - 24 bernard S Ingemann, Danish author (Holger Danske), dies at 72
1874 On February - 24 anselmo Clave, composer, dies at 49
1876 On February - 24 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 this day in history.
1908 Anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.
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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