Famous Deaths In April - 24

0624  On this day in history death of mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury  

0709  On April - 24 wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76  

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

1077  On April - 24 geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies  

1185  Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on April - 24.  

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

1530  On this day in history jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies  

1617  Death of Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered on this day in history.  

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

1656  On this day in history death of thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)  

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1731  Daniel Defoe, English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies on April - 24.  

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

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

1776  On April - 24 carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84  

1779  Death of Eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (b. 1711) on this day in history.  

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  Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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

1852  On this day in history death of vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (b. 1783)  

1855  On April - 24 walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75  

1875  On this day in history jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58  

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 this day in history.  

1904  On April - 24 friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77  

1912  On April - 24 justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81  

1917  On this day in history oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies  

1922  On this day in history richard Batka, composer, dies at 53  

1924  George Street, English cricket wicket keeper (1 Test 1923), dies on April - 24.  

1928  Ferdinand B Hummel, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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

1936  Alphons Diepenbrock, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

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

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1533  William I of Orange (d. 1584) was born on this day in history.  

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 April - 24 birth of benedikt Lechler, composer  

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer