Famous Deaths Happened In August - 24

0079  Death of Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23) on August - 24.   

1103  On August - 24 magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies   

1217  On August - 24 eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle   

1313  On August - 24 henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies   

1371  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on this day in history.   

1540  On this day in history death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)   

1542  Death of Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) on this day in history.   

1572  Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on August - 24.   

1595  On August - 24 thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies   

1647  On August - 24 nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61   

1664  On August - 24 death of maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610)   

1666  Francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57 on August - 24.   

1679  Death of Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz, French churchman and agitator (b. 1614) on this day in history.   

1680  Death of Ferdinand Bulb, Dutch painter/etcher, buried on this day in history.   

1683  Death of John Owen, English non-conformist theologian (b. 1616) on August - 24.   

1712  Thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1724  On August - 24 andreas Kneller, composer, dies at 75   

1759  On this day in history ewald C von Kleist, German poet, dies at 44   

1770  Thomas Chatterton, English poet (Revenge), dies on this day in history.   

1779  On this day in history death of saint Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek Orthodox martyr (b. 1714)   

1798  On this day in history death of thomas Alcock, English clergyman (b. 1709)   

1801  Jacques-Denis Antoine, French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68 on August - 24.   

1832  On this day in history death of nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French mathematician (b. 1796)   

1833  Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65 on August - 24.   

1840  On August - 24 joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89   

1841  On August - 24 karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36   

1888  On August - 24 rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies   

1889  Jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies on August - 24.   

1895  John F Loudon, entrepreneur/colonial director, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1906  Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter, dies on August - 24.   

1907  On August - 24 pieter Louis Tak, writer (Chronicle), dies at 58   

1921  On this day in history death of nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet (b. 1886)   

1923  On August - 24 kate Douglas Wiggin, author (US kindergarten movement), dies at 66   

1939  On this day in history w H Moule, cricketer (Australia v England 1880)/High Court judge, dies   

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1113  On August - 24 birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy   

1113  On August - 24 birth of geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)   

1198  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on August - 24.   

1210  Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on August - 24.   

1358  On this day in history birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)   

1393  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on August - 24.   

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on August - 24.   

1531  On this day in history birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer