Famous Deaths In July - 24

1115  On this day in history death of matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046)   

1240  Death of Konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights on this day in history.   

1345  Death of Jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered on this day in history.   

1568  Death of Prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545) on this day in history.   

1594  Death of John Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544) on this day in history.   

1652  Johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32 on July - 24.   

1712  On this day in history cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies   

1739  Benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday on this day in history.   

1756  On July - 24 george Vertue, engraver, dies   

1758  On this day in history john Dyer, poet, dies   

1768  Death of Nathanial Lardner, English theologian (b. 1684) on July - 24.   

1809  On July - 24 johann Gottfried Eckard, composer, dies at 74   

1812  On July - 24 joseph Schuster, composer, dies at 63   

1819  On this day in history sophie Gail, composer, dies at 43   

1826  On July - 24 jacob Kimball, composer, dies at 65   

1831  Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1837  On July - 24 death of charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter   

1842  John Sell Cotman, landscape painter, dies on July - 24.   

1846  On July - 24 joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer/choir master, dies at 81   

1862  On this day in history martin Van Buren, 8th pres (1837-41), dies in Kinderhook NY at 79   

1865  On this day in history johan Filip von Schantz, composer, dies at 30   

1868  George Cattermole, painter/illustrator, dies on this day in history.   

1876  On July - 24 thomas Molleson Mudie, composer, dies at 66   

1883  On July - 24 death of matthew Webb, English Channel swimmer, drowns above Niagara Falls   

1900  Death of Ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59 on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history death of vicente Acosta, Salvadoran poet (b. the same day 1867)   

1910  On this day in history death of arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841)   

1927  On July - 24 death of ryÅ«nosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (b. 1892)   

1931  On this day in history marie WF Treub, Dutch economist/minister of finance, dies at 75   

1933  Max von Schillings, composer, dies at 65 on July - 24.   

1936  On this day in history james Philip Dunn, composer, dies at 52   

1944  On this day in history death of jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49   

1947  Ernest Austin, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1954  Mary Church Terrell, educator/civil rights leader, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

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1380  On this day in history birth of johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint   

1660  On this day in history birth of charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (d. 1718)   

1686  On July - 24 birth of benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9]   

1720  On this day in history birth of louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik   

1725  On this day in history birth of john Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807)   

1738  Elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart) was born on July - 24.   

1757  Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825) was born on this day in history.   

1759  Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21) was born on July - 24.