Famous Deaths Happened In April - 24

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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1533  On this day in history birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)   

1538  On this day in history birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer   

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

1594  Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on April - 24.   

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

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