Famous Deaths In April - 24

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

1538  On April - 24 birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer  

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  On this day in history birth of john Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography  

1660  On April - 24 birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver  

1670  On April - 24 birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer  

1706  On April - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer