Famous Deaths In January - 24

0041  On January - 24 death of caligula, [G C Germanicus], Roman emperor (37-41), assassinated at 28  

0661  On January - 24 death of ali ibn Abu Talib, kalief of Islam (656-61), murdered  

0772  Stefanus III/IV, pope (768-72), dies on January - 24.  

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

1125  On January - 24 death of david IV of Georgia (b. 1073)  

1336  On January - 24 alfonso IV, the Benignant, king of Aragon (1327-36), dies at 36  

1366  On this day in history death of alfonso IV of Aragon (b. 1299)  

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

1473  On January - 24 conrad Paumann, German blind organist/composer, dies  

1547  Death of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, executed for treason on January - 24.  

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1595  Death of Ferdinand II of Austria (b. 1529) on January - 24.  

1626  Death of Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (b. 1580) on January - 24.  

1639  Death of George Jenatsch, Grisons leader, assassinated on January - 24.  

1666  Johann Andreas Herbst, composer, dies at 77 on January - 24.  

1678  Joan Maetsuyker, gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 72 on January - 24.  

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  On January - 24 giacomo Conti, composer, dies at 50  

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

1851  Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, Italian composer, dies at 76 on January - 24.  

1856  On January - 24 death of rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775)  

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  On this day in history friedrich von Flotow, German baron/composer, dies at 70  

1884  On January - 24 johann Christian Gebauer, composer, dies at 75  

1885  On January - 24 martin R Delany, politician & black nationalist, dies at 72  

1895  Death of Lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849) on January - 24.  

1901  Simon Hassler, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1904  Franz Coenen, composer, dies at 77 on January - 24.  

1911  On January - 24 carl Eilhardt, composer, dies at 67  

1913  On January - 24 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 January - 24.  

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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  On January - 24 birth of charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet (d. 1706)  

1664  On this day in history birth of john Vanbrugh, London, dramatist/architect (baptized)  

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

1705  On January - 24 birth of farinelli, [Carlo Broschi], Andria Italy, castrato