Famous Deaths In August - 24
Friday, 25 October 2024
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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