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

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

1572  On August - 24 death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded   

1595  Thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies on August - 24.   

1647  Nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61 on August - 24.   

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  On August - 24 death of jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz, French churchman and agitator (b. 1614)   

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

1683  On August - 24 death of john Owen, English non-conformist theologian (b. 1616)   

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 August - 24 thomas Chatterton, English poet (Revenge), dies   

1779  On August - 24 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  Death of Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French mathematician (b. 1796) on August - 24.   

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

1840  Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89 on August - 24.   

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

1888  On this day in history rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies   

1889  On this day in history jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies   

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

1906  On August - 24 alfred Stevens, Belgian painter, dies   

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

1921  On August - 24 death of nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet (b. 1886)   

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 August - 24.   

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on August - 24.   

1198  On August - 24 birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)   

1210  Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on this day in history.   

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on August - 24.   

1393  On August - 24 birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)   

1420  On this day in history birth of albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt)   

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