Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history.   

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

1666  On this day in history nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77   

1674  On this day in history death of matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616)   

1685  On this day in history death of charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629)   

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 February - 24 marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (church music), dies   

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

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 February - 24.   

1781  Death of Edward Capell, English critic (b. 1713) on February - 24.   

1784  Anton Laube, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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 February - 24 john Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist (Society for General Use), dies at 81   

1810  Henry Cavendish, physicist/chemist, dies on February - 24.   

1812  On February - 24 hugo Kollataj, Polish teacher/minister, dies at 61   

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

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

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  On this day in history anselmo Clave, composer, dies at 49   

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

1895  On February - 24 ignaz Lachner, composer, dies at 87   

1907  On this day in history otto Goldschmidt, composer, dies at 77   

1908  On this day in history 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 February - 24.   

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  On this day in history birth of don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578)