Famous Deaths In January - 24

0041  Death of Caligula, [G C Germanicus], Roman emperor (37-41), assassinated at 28 on January - 24.  

0661  Death of Ali ibn Abu Talib, kalief of Islam (656-61), murdered on this day in history.  

0772  On this day in history stefanus III/IV, pope (768-72), dies  

0817  On this day in history stefanus IV, pope (816-17), dies  

1125  Death of David IV of Georgia (b. 1073) on January - 24.  

1336  Alfonso IV, the Benignant, king of Aragon (1327-36), dies at 36 on January - 24.  

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

1376  On this day in history death of richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English military leader  

1473  On this day in history conrad Paumann, German blind organist/composer, dies  

1547  On this day in history death of henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, executed for treason  

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

1626  On January - 24 death of samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (b. 1580)  

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

1666  On January - 24 johann Andreas Herbst, composer, dies at 77  

1678  Joan Maetsuyker, gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1709  On this day in history death of george Rooke, English admiral (b. 1650)  

1769  On this day in history death of françois de Chevert, French general (b. 1695)  

1805  Giacomo Conti, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1812  On January - 24 eligio Celestino, composer, dies at 72  

1851  On January - 24 gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, Italian composer, dies at 76  

1856  On this day in history death of rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775)  

1862  James McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33 on this day in history.  

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

1877  On this day in history death of johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796)  

1882  On this day in history death of levi Boone, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1808)  

1883  On January - 24 friedrich von Flotow, German baron/composer, dies at 70  

1884  Johann Christian Gebauer, composer, dies at 75 on January - 24.  

1885  Martin R Delany, politician & black nationalist, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1895  On January - 24 death of lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849)  

1901  On January - 24 simon Hassler, composer, dies at 68  

1904  On January - 24 franz Coenen, composer, dies at 77  

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

1913  On this day in history gustav Luders, composer, dies at 47  

1918  Death of George Arthur Crump, Founder of the Pine Valley Golf Club in Clementon NJ (b. 1871) on this day in history.  

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

1444  Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1476) was born on this day in history.  

1638  Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet (d. 1706) was born on January - 24.  

1664  John Vanbrugh, London, dramatist/architect (baptized) was born on January - 24.  

1670  William Congreve, English playwright (d. 1729) was born on January - 24.  

1674  On January - 24 birth of thomas Tanner, English bishop (d. 1735)  

1679  On January - 24 birth of christian von Wolff, German philosopher  

1705  On this day in history birth of farinelli, [Carlo Broschi], Andria Italy, castrato