Famous Deaths Happened In April - 24

0624  Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 24.   

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 April - 24 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 April - 24.   

1622  Death of Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (b. 1577) on April - 24.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1779  On this day in history death of eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (b. 1711)   

1824  Herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1827  On April - 24 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 this day in history death of vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (b. 1783)   

1855  On April - 24 walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75   

1875  On April - 24 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  On April - 24 george J D Campbell, Brit min of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76   

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

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

1917  Oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies on April - 24.   

1922  Richard Batka, composer, dies at 53 on April - 24.   

1924  George Street, English cricket wicket keeper (1 Test 1923), dies on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history ferdinand B Hummel, composer, dies at 72   

1935  Paul Klengel, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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

1938  Death of George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863) on this day in history.   

1939  John Foulds, composer, dies at 58 on April - 24.   

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

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

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on this day in history.   

1660  On this day in history birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver   

1670  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on this day in history.   

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