Famous Deaths In February - 24

0616  Death of King Ethelbert of Kent on February - 24.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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  Ferdinando Tacca, Italian painter/son of Pietro Tacca, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1692  Antimo Liberati, composer, dies at 74 on February - 24.  

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  On this day in history death of john Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (b. 1648)  

1732  On this day in history death of colonel Francis Charteris, known as "The Rape-Master General". (b. 1675)  

1735  On February - 24 georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer, dies at 56  

1777  Death of King Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714) on this day in history.  

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

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

1784  On February - 24 anton Laube, composer, dies at 65  

1785  On this day in history carlo Bonaparte, Corsican attorney, dies at 39  

1799  On February - 24 broerius Brorius, theologist (Pensive Christian), dies at about 41  

1806  On February - 24 john Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist (Society for General Use), dies at 81  

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 February - 24 robert Fulton, steamboat pioneer, dies  

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

1829  Auguste Chouteau, St Louis co-founder, dies on February - 24.  

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

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

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

1304  On this day in history birth of muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia & Africa)  

1304  On February - 24 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 this day in history.  

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

1536  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605) was born on this day in history.  

1545  On February - 24 birth of don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578)