Famous Deaths In April - 24

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

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1617  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)  

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

1736  Death of Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (b. 1663) on this day in history.  

1758  On April - 24 florian Wrastill, composer, dies at 41  

1776  On April - 24 carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84  

1779  Death of Eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (b. 1711) on April - 24.  

1824  Herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71 on April - 24.  

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 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  On April - 24 jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58  

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  On April - 24 friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77  

1912  On April - 24 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  George Street, English cricket wicket keeper (1 Test 1923), dies on this day in history.  

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

1935  On this day in history paul Klengel, composer, dies at 80  

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

1938  Death of George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863) on this day in history.  

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

1594  Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on April - 24.  

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

1660  Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver was born on this day in history.  

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

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