Famous Deaths In August - 24
Monday, 02 October 2023
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 this day in history.
1217 Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on August - 24.
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 On August - 24 death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)
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 Death of Maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610) on August - 24.
1666 On this day in history francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57
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 August - 24.
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 Ewald C von Kleist, German poet, dies at 44 on this day in history.
1770 On this day in history thomas Chatterton, English poet (Revenge), dies
1779 On August - 24 death of saint Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek Orthodox martyr (b. 1714)
1798 On August - 24 death of thomas Alcock, English clergyman (b. 1709)
1801 Jacques-Denis Antoine, French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68 on August - 24.
1832 On this day in history death of nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French mathematician (b. 1796)
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 On August - 24 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 this day in history.
1906 Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter, dies on August - 24.
1907 On August - 24 pieter Louis Tak, writer (Chronicle), dies at 58
1921 Death of Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet (b. 1886) on August - 24.
1923 Kate Douglas Wiggin, author (US kindergarten movement), dies at 66 on August - 24.
1939 On this day in history w H Moule, cricketer (Australia v England 1880)/High Court judge, dies
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