Famous Deaths In April - 24
Sunday, 29 January 2023
0624 Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 24.
0709 On this day in history 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 On April - 24 death of antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns
1338 On this day in history death of marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)
1530 Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on this day in history.
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 April - 24.
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 this day in history.
1758 On this day in history florian Wrastill, composer, dies at 41
1776 Carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84 on April - 24.
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 Louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70 on April - 24.
1852 Death of Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (b. 1783) on this day in history.
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 Count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.
1900 On this day in history george J D Campbell, Brit min of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76
1904 On this day in history friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77
1912 Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81 on this day in history.
1917 On this day in history oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies
1922 Richard Batka, composer, dies at 53 on April - 24.
1924 George Street, English cricket wicket keeper (1 Test 1923), dies on this day in history.
1928 Ferdinand B Hummel, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.
1935 Paul Klengel, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.
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 John Foulds, composer, dies at 58 on April - 24.
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