Famous Deaths In February - 24
Thursday, 30 March 2023
0616 On February - 24 death of king Ethelbert of Kent
1525 Death of Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier on this day in history.
1563 On February - 24 death of francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44
1588 Death of Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist on February - 24.
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 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 Ferdinando Tacca, Italian painter/son of Pietro Tacca, dies at 66 on February - 24.
1692 On this day in history antimo Liberati, composer, dies at 74
1704 On this day in history marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (church music), dies
1714 Death of Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (b. 1637) on February - 24.
1721 Death of John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (b. 1648) on February - 24.
1732 On this day in history death of colonel Francis Charteris, known as "The Rape-Master General". (b. 1675)
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 On February - 24 death of edward Capell, English critic (b. 1713)
1784 On February - 24 anton Laube, composer, dies at 65
1785 On February - 24 carlo Bonaparte, Corsican attorney, dies at 39
1799 On this day in history broerius Brorius, theologist (Pensive Christian), dies at about 41
1806 John Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist (Society for General Use), dies at 81 on February - 24.
1810 Henry Cavendish, physicist/chemist, dies on this day in history.
1812 On this day in history hugo Kollataj, Polish teacher/minister, dies at 61
1815 On this day in history robert Fulton, steamboat pioneer, dies
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 Bernard S Ingemann, Danish author (Holger Danske), dies at 72 on this day in history.
1874 Anselmo Clave, composer, dies at 49 on February - 24.
1876 Jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67 on February - 24.
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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