Famous Deaths Happened In April - 24

0624  On this day in history death of mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury   

0709  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on April - 24.   

0729  Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 on April - 24.   

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  On this day in history 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  Death of Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561) on April - 24.   

1731  On this day in history daniel Defoe, English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies   

1736  Death of Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (b. 1663) on April - 24.   

1758  On April - 24 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 April - 24.   

1824  On this day in history herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71   

1827  Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82 on April - 24.   

1848  On April - 24 francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69   

1850  Louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1852  Death of Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (b. 1783) on this day in history.   

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  Count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies on April - 24.   

1900  George J D Campbell, Brit min of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1904  Friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77 on April - 24.   

1912  Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81 on April - 24.   

1917  Oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1922  On April - 24 richard Batka, composer, dies at 53   

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 April - 24.   

1936  On April - 24 alphons Diepenbrock, composer, dies at 73   

1938  Death of George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863) on April - 24.   

1939  On April - 24 john Foulds, composer, dies at 58   

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

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on this day in history.   

1581  On this day in history birth of vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)   

1594  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1706  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer