Famous Deaths Happened In April - 24

0624  On April - 24 death of mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury   

0709  On this day in history wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76   

0729  Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 on April - 24.   

1077  On this day in history geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies   

1185  On April - 24 death of antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns   

1338  Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on this day in history.   

1530  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on this day in history.   

1617  On April - 24 death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered   

1622  On this day in history death of fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (b. 1577)   

1656  Death of Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561) on April - 24.   

1731  On April - 24 daniel Defoe, English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies   

1736  On this day in history death of prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (b. 1663)   

1758  On this day in history florian Wrastill, composer, dies at 41   

1776  Carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1779  On April - 24 death of eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (b. 1711)   

1824  On April - 24 herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71   

1827  On April - 24 pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82   

1848  Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69 on April - 24.   

1850  Louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70 on April - 24.   

1852  On April - 24 death of vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (b. 1783)   

1855  Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75 on April - 24.   

1875  Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58 on April - 24.   

1891  On this day in history count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies   

1900  On April - 24 george J D Campbell, Brit min of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76   

1904  On this day in history friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77   

1912  On this day in history justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81   

1917  Oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1922  On April - 24 richard Batka, composer, dies at 53   

1924  George Street, English cricket wicket keeper (1 Test 1923), dies on this day in history.   

1928  Ferdinand B Hummel, composer, dies at 72 on April - 24.   

1935  Paul Klengel, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1936  On April - 24 alphons Diepenbrock, composer, dies at 73   

1938  Death of George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863) on April - 24.   

1939  On April - 24 john Foulds, composer, dies at 58   

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1533  William I of Orange (d. 1584) was born on April - 24.   

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on April - 24.   

1581  Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.   

1594  On April - 24 birth of benedikt Lechler, composer   

1620  On this day in history birth of john Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography   

1660  On this day in history birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver   

1670  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on April - 24.   

1706  On April - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer