Famous Deaths Happened In April - 24

0624  Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 24.   

0709  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on this day in history.   

0729  On April - 24 egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89   

1077  Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies on April - 24.   

1185  On this day in history 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  Death of Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered on this day in history.   

1622  On April - 24 death of fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (b. 1577)   

1656  Death of Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561) on this day in history.   

1731  Daniel Defoe, English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies on this day in history.   

1736  Death of Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (b. 1663) on April - 24.   

1758  Florian Wrastill, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1776  On this day in history carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84   

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

1824  Herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1827  On this day in history pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82   

1848  On this day in history francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69   

1850  On April - 24 louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70   

1852  Death of Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (b. 1783) on this day in history.   

1855  On this day in history walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75   

1875  Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1891  Count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies on April - 24.   

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

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  Richard Batka, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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

1928  On this day in history ferdinand B Hummel, composer, dies at 72   

1935  Paul Klengel, composer, dies at 80 on April - 24.   

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

1938  On April - 24 death of george Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)   

1939  John Foulds, composer, dies at 58 on April - 24.   

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1533  On April - 24 birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)   

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

1581  On this day in history birth of vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)   

1594  On this day in history birth of benedikt Lechler, composer   

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on April - 24.   

1660  On April - 24 birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver   

1670  On this day in history birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer   

1706  Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on April - 24.