Famous Deaths 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 this day in history 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 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 April - 24.  

1622  On April - 24 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)  

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 April - 24.  

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  Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69 on April - 24.  

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 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 April - 24.  

1904  On this day in history 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 April - 24.  

1922  Richard Batka, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

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  Alphons Diepenbrock, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30

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

1538  On April - 24 birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer  

1581  Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.  

1594  Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on this day in history.  

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on April - 24.  

1660  On April - 24 birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver  

1670  On this day in history birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer  

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