Famous Deaths Happened In April - 24

0624  On April - 24 death of mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury   

0709  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on April - 24.   

0729  Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 on this day in history.   

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

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  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on April - 24.   

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  On April - 24 death of thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)   

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

1776  On this day in history 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  On this day in history herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71   

1827  Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1848  On April - 24 francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69   

1850  Louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70 on April - 24.   

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 April - 24 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1936  Alphons Diepenbrock, composer, dies at 73 on April - 24.   

1938  Death of George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863) on April - 24.   

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

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

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 April - 24.   

1660  On this day in history birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver   

1670  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on this day in history.   

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