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 April - 24.  

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 this day in history 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  Death of Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered on April - 24.  

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 this day in history.  

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1731  Daniel Defoe, English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies on April - 24.  

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

1758  Florian Wrastill, composer, dies at 41 on April - 24.  

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 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 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 this day in history.  

1875  On this day in history 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  Friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1912  Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1917  On this day in history 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  Ferdinand B Hummel, composer, dies at 72 on April - 24.  

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

1936  On this day in history alphons Diepenbrock, composer, dies at 73  

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

1939  On this day in history john Foulds, composer, dies at 58  

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1533  On this day in history birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)  

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

1581  On April - 24 birth of vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)  

1594  On this day in history birth of benedikt Lechler, composer  

1620  On this day in history birth of john Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography  

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

1670  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on April - 24.  

1706  On April - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer