Famous Deaths Happened In February - 24

0616  On February - 24 death of king Ethelbert of Kent   

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

1563  On February - 24 death of francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44   

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

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 this day in history.   

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.   

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

1714  On this day in history 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  Georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1777  On this day in history 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  On February - 24 death of edward Capell, English critic (b. 1713)   

1784  On February - 24 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  On this day in history john Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist (Society for General Use), dies at 81   

1810  Henry Cavendish, physicist/chemist, dies on this day in history.   

1812  Hugo Kollataj, Polish teacher/minister, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1815  On this day in history robert Fulton, steamboat pioneer, dies   

1825  Thomas Bowdler, self-appointed Shakespearean censor, dies on February - 24.   

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

1862  On this day in history bernard S Ingemann, Danish author (Holger Danske), dies at 72   

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

1304  Muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia & Africa) was born on February - 24.   

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

1463  On February - 24 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  On this day in history birth of sixt(us) Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Suzanna)   

1536  On February - 24 birth of clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605)   

1545  Don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578) was born on this day in history.