Famous Deaths In April - 24

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

0709  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on this day in history.  

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

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

1622  Death of Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (b. 1577) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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  Death of Eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (b. 1711) on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

1912  On this day in history justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81  

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

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

1924  On this day in history george Street, English cricket wicket keeper (1 Test 1923), dies  

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

1935  Paul Klengel, composer, dies at 80 on April - 24.  

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

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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1533  On April - 24 birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)  

1538  On this day in history birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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