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Famous Deaths In January - 24

Sunday, 19 May 2013

1125 Death of David IV of Georgia (b. 1073) on this day in history.

1336 On this day in history alfonso IV, the Benignant, king of Aragon (1327-36), dies at 36

1366 Death of Alfonso IV of Aragon (b. 1299) on this day in history.

1376 Death of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English military leader on this day in history.

1473 Conrad Paumann, German blind organist/composer, dies on this day in history.

1547 Death of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, executed for treason on this day in history.

1595 On this day in history death of ferdinand II of Austria (b. 1529)

1626 Death of Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (b. 1580) on this day in history.

1639 Death of George Jenatsch, Grisons leader, assassinated on this day in history.

1666 Johann Andreas Herbst, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.

1678 On this day in history joan Maetsuyker, gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 72

1709 Death of George Rooke, English admiral (b. 1650) on this day in history.

1769 Death of François de Chevert, French general (b. 1695) on this day in history.

1805 On this day in history giacomo Conti, composer, dies at 50

1812 Eligio Celestino, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.

1851 Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, Italian composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.

1856 Death of Rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775) on this day in history.

1862 On this day in history james McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33

1864 Otto Jonas Lindblad, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.

1877 Death of Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796) on this day in history.

1882 Death of Levi Boone, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1808) on this day in history.

1883 Friedrich von Flotow, German baron/composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.

1884 Johann Christian Gebauer, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.

1885 On this day in history martin R Delany, politician & black nationalist, dies at 72

1895 Death of Lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849) on this day in history.

1901 On this day in history simon Hassler, composer, dies at 68

1904 Franz Coenen, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.

1911 Carl Eilhardt, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.

1913 Gustav Luders, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.

1918 On this day in history death of george Arthur Crump, Founder of the Pine Valley Golf Club in Clementon NJ (b. 1871)

1924 On this day in history thephilo Braga, Portuguese poet/politician, dies at 80

1929 Willem Royaards, theater directeor (Adam in Ballingschap), dies on this day in history.

1932 Death of Alfred Yarrow, English shipbuilder (b. 1842) on this day in history.

1939 Death of Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (b. 1867) on this day in history.

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Famous People Born On This Day In History

1287 On this day in history birth of richard Aungerville, English bishop (d. 1345)

1444 On this day in history birth of galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1476)

1638 Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet (d. 1706) was born on this day in history.

1664 John Vanbrugh, London, dramatist/architect (baptized) was born on this day in history.

1670 William Congreve, English playwright (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.

1674 On this day in history birth of thomas Tanner, English bishop (d. 1735)

1679 On this day in history birth of christian von Wolff, German philosopher

1705 Farinelli, [Carlo Broschi], Andria Italy, castrato was born on this day in history.