Famous Deaths In February - 24

0616  On February - 24 death of king Ethelbert of Kent  

1525  On this day in history death of guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier  

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  Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66 on February - 24.  

1666  Nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1674  On February - 24 death of matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616)  

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

1686  On February - 24 ferdinando Tacca, Italian painter/son of Pietro Tacca, dies at 66  

1692  Antimo Liberati, composer, dies at 74 on February - 24.  

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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 February - 24.  

1732  On February - 24 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  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 February - 24 death of edward Capell, English critic (b. 1713)  

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

1785  On this day in history carlo Bonaparte, Corsican attorney, dies at 39  

1799  Broerius Brorius, theologist (Pensive Christian), dies at about 41 on this day in history.  

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 February - 24.  

1815  Robert Fulton, steamboat pioneer, dies on February - 24.  

1825  On February - 24 thomas Bowdler, self-appointed Shakespearean censor, dies  

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

1862  Bernard S Ingemann, Danish author (Holger Danske), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1874  Anselmo Clave, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1876  On this day in history jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67  

1895  Ignaz Lachner, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

1907  On February - 24 otto Goldschmidt, composer, dies at 77  

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

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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1103  Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156) was born on February - 24.  

1304  On this day in history birth of muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia & Africa)  

1304  On this day in history birth of ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. 1368) ?  

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

1500  On this day in history birth of carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56)/Holy Roman Emperor  

1501  Sixt(us) Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Suzanna) was born on this day in history.  

1536  On this day in history birth of clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605)  

1545  On February - 24 birth of don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578)