Famous Deaths In April - 24
Saturday, 27 April 2024
0624 On this day in history death of mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury
0709 Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on this day in history.
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 April - 24.
1338 Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on this day in history.
1530 On April - 24 jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies
1617 On this day in history 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 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 April - 24.
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 On April - 24 herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71
1827 Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1848 Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69 on this day in history.
1850 On this day in history louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70
1852 On April - 24 death of vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (b. 1783)
1855 Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75 on April - 24.
1875 Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58 on April - 24.
1891 On April - 24 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 this day in history.
1912 Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81 on April - 24.
1917 On April - 24 oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies
1922 On April - 24 richard Batka, composer, dies at 53
1924 George Street, English cricket wicket keeper (1 Test 1923), dies on April - 24.
1928 Ferdinand B Hummel, composer, dies at 72 on April - 24.
1935 On this day in history paul Klengel, composer, dies at 80
1936 On this day in history alphons Diepenbrock, composer, dies at 73
1938 On this day in history death of george Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)
1939 On this day in history john Foulds, composer, dies at 58
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