Famous Deaths Happened In August - 24
Monday, 16 June 2025
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 this day in history eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle
1313 Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies on August - 24.
1371 Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on this day in history.
1540 On August - 24 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 Thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies on this day in history.
1647 On August - 24 nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61
1664 Death of Maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610) on August - 24.
1666 On August - 24 francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57
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 August - 24.
1683 Death of John Owen, English non-conformist theologian (b. 1616) on August - 24.
1712 On this day in history thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 54
1724 Andreas Kneller, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1759 On August - 24 ewald C von Kleist, German poet, dies at 44
1770 On this day in history thomas Chatterton, English poet (Revenge), dies
1779 Death of Saint Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek Orthodox martyr (b. 1714) on this day in history.
1798 Death of Thomas Alcock, English clergyman (b. 1709) on August - 24.
1801 On this day in history jacques-Denis Antoine, French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68
1832 On this day in history death of nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French mathematician (b. 1796)
1833 On this day in history adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65
1840 On August - 24 joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89
1841 On this day in history karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36
1888 Rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies on August - 24.
1889 On August - 24 jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies
1895 John F Loudon, entrepreneur/colonial director, dies at 74 on August - 24.
1906 Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter, dies on August - 24.
1907 Pieter Louis Tak, writer (Chronicle), dies at 58 on this day in history.
1921 Death of Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet (b. 1886) on August - 24.
1923 Kate Douglas Wiggin, author (US kindergarten movement), dies at 66 on this day in history.
1939 On August - 24 w H Moule, cricketer (Australia v England 1880)/High Court judge, dies
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