Famous Deaths In August - 24

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

1103  On this day in history magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies  

1217  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on August - 24.  

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 August - 24.  

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on August - 24.  

1542  On August - 24 death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)  

1572  Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on this day in history.  

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  

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

1666  On this day in history 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 August - 24.  

1680  On this day in history death of ferdinand Bulb, Dutch painter/etcher, buried  

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

1759  Ewald C von Kleist, German poet, dies at 44 on August - 24.  

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

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  Jacques-Denis Antoine, French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1832  On August - 24 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 this day in history joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89  

1841  On this day in history karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36  

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

1889  On August - 24 jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies  

1895  On August - 24 john F Loudon, entrepreneur/colonial director, dies at 74  

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

1907  On this day in history pieter Louis Tak, writer (Chronicle), dies at 58  

1921  Death of Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet (b. 1886) on this day in history.  

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

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

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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  On August - 24 birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)  

1210  On this day in history birth of floris IV, Count of Holland  

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on this day in history.  

1393  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.  

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