Famous Deaths In February - 24
Thursday, 21 February 2019
0616 On February - 24 death of king Ethelbert of Kent
1525 On February - 24 death of guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier
1563 Death of Francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44 on February - 24.
1588 Death of Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist on this day in history.
1642 Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66 on this day in history.
1666 On February - 24 nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77
1674 Death of Matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616) on this day in history.
1685 On February - 24 death of charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629)
1686 Ferdinando Tacca, Italian painter/son of Pietro Tacca, dies at 66 on February - 24.
1692 Antimo Liberati, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1704 On this day in history marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (church music), dies
1714 Death of Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (b. 1637) on February - 24.
1721 On this day in history death of john Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (b. 1648)
1732 On this day in history death of colonel Francis Charteris, known as "The Rape-Master General". (b. 1675)
1735 On February - 24 georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer, dies at 56
1777 On this day in history death of king Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)
1779 Death of Paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (b. 1704) on this day in history.
1781 On this day in history death of edward Capell, English critic (b. 1713)
1784 Anton Laube, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1785 Carlo Bonaparte, Corsican attorney, dies at 39 on February - 24.
1799 Broerius Brorius, theologist (Pensive Christian), dies at about 41 on February - 24.
1806 John Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist (Society for General Use), dies at 81 on February - 24.
1810 On February - 24 henry Cavendish, physicist/chemist, dies
1812 Hugo Kollataj, Polish teacher/minister, dies at 61 on this day in history.
1815 On this day in history robert Fulton, steamboat pioneer, dies
1825 On February - 24 thomas Bowdler, self-appointed Shakespearean censor, dies
1829 Auguste Chouteau, St Louis co-founder, dies on February - 24.
1862 On February - 24 bernard S Ingemann, Danish author (Holger Danske), dies at 72
1874 On this day in history anselmo Clave, composer, dies at 49
1876 Jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67 on February - 24.
1895 Ignaz Lachner, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.
1907 On February - 24 otto Goldschmidt, composer, dies at 77
1908 Anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer, dies at 66 on February - 24.
1914 On this day in history death of joshua Chamberlain, Civil War hero for the Union on Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg
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