Famous Deaths In February - 24

0616  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1588  On February - 24 death of johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist   

1642  On February - 24 marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66   

1666  On February - 24 nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77   

1674  Death of Matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616) on February - 24.   

1685  On February - 24 death of charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629)   

1686  On this day in history ferdinando Tacca, Italian painter/son of Pietro Tacca, dies at 66   

1692  On this day in history antimo Liberati, composer, dies at 74   

1704  Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (church music), dies on February - 24.   

1714  On February - 24 death of edmund Andros, English governor in North America (b. 1637)   

1721  Death of John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (b. 1648) on this day in history.   

1732  On February - 24 death of colonel Francis Charteris, known as "The Rape-Master General". (b. 1675)   

1735  On this day in history georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer, dies at 56   

1777  Death of King Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714) on this day in history.   

1779  On February - 24 death of paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (b. 1704)   

1781  On this day in history death of edward Capell, English critic (b. 1713)   

1784  On this day in history anton Laube, composer, dies at 65   

1785  Carlo Bonaparte, Corsican attorney, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1799  On February - 24 broerius Brorius, theologist (Pensive Christian), dies at about 41   

1806  John Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist (Society for General Use), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1810  On February - 24 henry Cavendish, physicist/chemist, dies   

1812  Hugo Kollataj, Polish teacher/minister, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1815  Robert Fulton, steamboat pioneer, dies on this day in history.   

1825  Thomas Bowdler, self-appointed Shakespearean censor, dies on this day in history.   

1829  On February - 24 auguste Chouteau, St Louis co-founder, dies   

1862  On this day in history bernard S Ingemann, Danish author (Holger Danske), dies at 72   

1874  On February - 24 anselmo Clave, composer, dies at 49   

1876  Jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1895  Ignaz Lachner, composer, dies at 87 on February - 24.   

1907  Otto Goldschmidt, composer, dies at 77 on February - 24.   

1908  Anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1914  Death of Joshua Chamberlain, Civil War hero for the Union on Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg on this day in history.   

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1103  On this day in history birth of emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156)   

1304  On February - 24 birth of muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia & Africa)   

1304  Ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. 1368) ? was born on February - 24.   

1463  On this day in history birth of giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist   

1500  On February - 24 birth of carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56)/Holy Roman Emperor   

1501  On February - 24 birth of sixt(us) Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Suzanna)   

1536  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605) was born on February - 24.   

1545  Don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578) was born on February - 24.