Famous Deaths In August - 24

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

1103  On August - 24 magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies   

1217  On August - 24 eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle   

1313  Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies on August - 24.   

1371  On August - 24 death of eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

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 August - 24.   

1595  On August - 24 thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies   

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  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 this day in history.   

1683  Death of John Owen, English non-conformist theologian (b. 1616) on this day in history.   

1712  Thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1724  Andreas Kneller, composer, dies at 75 on August - 24.   

1759  On August - 24 ewald C von Kleist, German poet, dies at 44   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1833  Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1840  On August - 24 joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89   

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

1895  John F Loudon, entrepreneur/colonial director, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

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

1921  On this day in history death of nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet (b. 1886)   

1923  Kate Douglas Wiggin, author (US kindergarten movement), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1939  W H Moule, cricketer (Australia v England 1880)/High Court judge, dies on August - 24.   

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

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  On August - 24 birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)   

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

1420  On August - 24 birth of albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt)   

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on this day in history.