Famous Deaths In April - 24
Friday, 25 October 2024
0624 On this day in history death of mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury
0709 On April - 24 wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76
0729 Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 on April - 24.
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 Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on April - 24.
1530 On April - 24 jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies
1617 On April - 24 death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered
1622 On April - 24 death of fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (b. 1577)
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 On this day in history florian Wrastill, composer, dies at 41
1776 Carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84 on this day in history.
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 April - 24 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 On April - 24 death of vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (b. 1783)
1855 On this day in history walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75
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 April - 24.
1904 On April - 24 friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77
1912 Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81 on April - 24.
1917 On April - 24 oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies
1922 On this day in history richard Batka, composer, dies at 53
1924 George Street, English cricket wicket keeper (1 Test 1923), dies on April - 24.
1928 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1939 On April - 24 john Foulds, composer, dies at 58
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