Famous Deaths In April - 24

0624  Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.  

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

1185  Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on this day in history.  

1338  Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on April - 24.  

1530  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on this day in history.  

1617  Death of Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered on this day in history.  

1622  On April - 24 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.  

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1731  On April - 24 daniel Defoe, English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies  

1736  On April - 24 death of prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (b. 1663)  

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 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  On this day in history pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82  

1848  On this day in history francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69  

1850  On April - 24 louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70  

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  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  On April - 24 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 April - 24.  

1928  On April - 24 ferdinand B Hummel, composer, dies at 72  

1935  On April - 24 paul Klengel, composer, dies at 80  

1936  On April - 24 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  On this day in history birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)  

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on April - 24.  

1581  Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) was born on April - 24.  

1594  On April - 24 birth of benedikt Lechler, composer  

1620  On April - 24 birth of john Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography  

1660  Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver was born on April - 24.  

1670  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on April - 24.  

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