Famous Deaths Happened In August - 24
Sunday, 15 June 2025
0079 On this day in history death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)
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 this day in history 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 this day in history.
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 Nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61 on August - 24.
1664 On August - 24 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 this day in history death of jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz, French churchman and agitator (b. 1614)
1680 On this day in history death of ferdinand Bulb, Dutch painter/etcher, buried
1683 On this day in history death of john Owen, English non-conformist theologian (b. 1616)
1712 On August - 24 thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 54
1724 Andreas Kneller, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1759 On this day in history 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 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 August - 24.
1833 Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65 on August - 24.
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 Jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies on August - 24.
1895 On August - 24 john F Loudon, entrepreneur/colonial director, dies at 74
1906 On this day in history alfred Stevens, Belgian painter, dies
1907 Pieter Louis Tak, writer (Chronicle), dies at 58 on August - 24.
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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