Famous Deaths In February - 24

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

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  Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66 on this day in history.  

1666  Nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77 on February - 24.  

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  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.  

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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 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  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  On February - 24 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  Death of Edward Capell, English critic (b. 1713) on this day in history.  

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

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  Henry Cavendish, physicist/chemist, dies on February - 24.  

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

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

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

1829  On this day in history auguste Chouteau, St Louis co-founder, dies  

1862  On February - 24 bernard S Ingemann, Danish author (Holger Danske), dies at 72  

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

1876  On February - 24 jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67  

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

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 February - 24.  

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1103  On February - 24 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  On this day in history birth of ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. 1368) ?  

1463  On February - 24 birth of giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist  

1500  Carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56)/Holy Roman Emperor was born on February - 24.  

1501  Sixt(us) Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Suzanna) was born on February - 24.  

1536  On February - 24 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)