Famous Deaths In February - 24

0616  Death of King Ethelbert of Kent on February - 24.  

1525  Death of Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier on February - 24.  

1563  Death of Francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44 on February - 24.  

1588  On this day in history death of johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist  

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

1666  On this day in history nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77  

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

1685  Death of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629) on February - 24.  

1686  Ferdinando Tacca, Italian painter/son of Pietro Tacca, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1692  Antimo Liberati, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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1704  Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (church music), dies on this day in history.  

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

1735  Georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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  Death of Edward Capell, English critic (b. 1713) on February - 24.  

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 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  On February - 24 robert Fulton, steamboat pioneer, dies  

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

1829  Auguste Chouteau, St Louis co-founder, dies on February - 24.  

1862  Bernard S Ingemann, Danish author (Holger Danske), dies at 72 on February - 24.  

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  On February - 24 ignaz Lachner, composer, dies at 87  

1907  On this day in history otto Goldschmidt, composer, dies at 77  

1908  On February - 24 anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer, dies at 66  

1914  On February - 24 death of joshua Chamberlain, Civil War hero for the Union on Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg  

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1103  On February - 24 birth of emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156)  

1304  Muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia & Africa) was born on this day in history.  

1304  Ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. 1368) ? was born on this day in history.  

1463  Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist was born on this day in history.  

1500  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578)