Famous Deaths Happened In February - 24

0616  Death of King Ethelbert of Kent on this day in history.   

1525  On February - 24 death of guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier   

1563  On this day in history death of francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44   

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

1642  On this day in history marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66   

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

1674  Death of Matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1732  Death of Colonel Francis Charteris, known as "The Rape-Master General". (b. 1675) on February - 24.   

1735  Georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer, dies at 56 on February - 24.   

1777  On February - 24 death of king Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)   

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

1781  Death of Edward Capell, English critic (b. 1713) on this day in history.   

1784  Anton Laube, composer, dies at 65 on February - 24.   

1785  On February - 24 carlo Bonaparte, Corsican attorney, dies at 39   

1799  Broerius Brorius, theologist (Pensive Christian), dies at about 41 on February - 24.   

1806  On this day in history john Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist (Society for General Use), dies at 81   

1810  On this day in history henry Cavendish, physicist/chemist, dies   

1812  Hugo Kollataj, Polish teacher/minister, dies at 61 on February - 24.   

1815  On February - 24 robert Fulton, steamboat pioneer, dies   

1825  On this day in history thomas Bowdler, self-appointed Shakespearean censor, dies   

1829  Auguste Chouteau, St Louis co-founder, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1876  Jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67 on February - 24.   

1895  On this day in history ignaz Lachner, composer, dies at 87   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1501  On this day in history birth of sixt(us) Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Suzanna)   

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)