Famous Deaths Happened In April - 24

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

0709  On April - 24 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 April - 24.   

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

1338  On April - 24 death of marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)   

1530  On April - 24 jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies   

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 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 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  On this day in history 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  Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82 on April - 24.   

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  Death of Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (b. 1783) on April - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1904  Friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1912  Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81 on April - 24.   

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

1922  Richard Batka, composer, dies at 53 on April - 24.   

1924  On April - 24 george Street, English cricket wicket keeper (1 Test 1923), dies   

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

1935  On this day in history paul Klengel, composer, dies at 80   

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

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

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  Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On April - 24 birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer   

1706  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer