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 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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1113  On this day in history birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy   

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

1198  On this day in history 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 August - 24.   

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  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on this day in history.