Famous Deaths In August - 24

0079  Death of Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23) on this day in history.  

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on August - 24.  

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 August - 24 death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)  

1542  On this day in history death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)  

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  Nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61 on this day in history.  

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1664  On this day in history death of maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610)  

1666  Francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1679  Death of Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz, French churchman and agitator (b. 1614) on August - 24.  

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  Thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 54 on August - 24.  

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

1759  Ewald C von Kleist, German poet, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

1770  Thomas Chatterton, English poet (Revenge), dies on August - 24.  

1779  Death of Saint Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek Orthodox martyr (b. 1714) on August - 24.  

1798  On August - 24 death of thomas Alcock, English clergyman (b. 1709)  

1801  On this day in history jacques-Denis Antoine, French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68  

1832  Death of Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French mathematician (b. 1796) on this day in history.  

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

1840  Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.  

1841  Karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.  

1888  Rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies on this day in history.  

1889  Jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies on this day in history.  

1895  John F Loudon, entrepreneur/colonial director, dies at 74 on August - 24.  

1906  On this day in history alfred Stevens, Belgian painter, dies  

1907  Pieter Louis Tak, writer (Chronicle), dies at 58 on this day in history.  

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 August - 24 w H Moule, cricketer (Australia v England 1880)/High Court judge, dies  

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1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of floris IV, Count of Holland  

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  On this day in history birth of albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt)  

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on August - 24.