Famous Deaths Happened In April - 24
Friday, 23 May 2025
0624 Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.
0709 On this day in history wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76
0729 On this day in history egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89
1077 Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies on this day in history.
1185 Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on April - 24.
1338 On April - 24 death of marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)
1530 On this day in history jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies
1617 On April - 24 death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered
1622 Death of Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (b. 1577) on this day in history.
1656 On April - 24 death of thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)
1731 On this day in history daniel Defoe, English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies
1736 Death of Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (b. 1663) on this day in history.
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 April - 24.
1827 On April - 24 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 Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1875 On this day in history jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58
1891 On this day in history count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies
1900 George J D Campbell, Brit min of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76 on April - 24.
1904 Friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77 on April - 24.
1912 Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81 on this day in history.
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 April - 24.
1928 On April - 24 ferdinand B Hummel, composer, dies at 72
1935 Paul Klengel, composer, dies at 80 on April - 24.
1936 On this day in history alphons Diepenbrock, composer, dies at 73
1938 Death of George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863) on April - 24.
1939 On this day in history john Foulds, composer, dies at 58
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