Famous Deaths In January - 24

0041  Death of Caligula, [G C Germanicus], Roman emperor (37-41), assassinated at 28 on January - 24.  

0661  On January - 24 death of ali ibn Abu Talib, kalief of Islam (656-61), murdered  

0772  Stefanus III/IV, pope (768-72), dies on this day in history.  

0817  On this day in history stefanus IV, pope (816-17), dies  

1125  On this day in history death of david IV of Georgia (b. 1073)  

1336  On this day in history alfonso IV, the Benignant, king of Aragon (1327-36), dies at 36  

1366  Death of Alfonso IV of Aragon (b. 1299) on this day in history.  

1376  On January - 24 death of richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English military leader  

1473  On this day in history conrad Paumann, German blind organist/composer, dies  

1547  On this day in history death of henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, executed for treason  

1595  On January - 24 death of ferdinand II of Austria (b. 1529)  

1626  On this day in history death of samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (b. 1580)  

1639  On this day in history death of george Jenatsch, Grisons leader, assassinated  

1666  On this day in history johann Andreas Herbst, composer, dies at 77  

1678  On this day in history joan Maetsuyker, gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 72  

1709  Death of George Rooke, English admiral (b. 1650) on January - 24.  

1769  On January - 24 death of françois de Chevert, French general (b. 1695)  

1805  Giacomo Conti, composer, dies at 50 on January - 24.  

1812  Eligio Celestino, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1851  Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, Italian composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1856  On January - 24 death of rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775)  

1862  On January - 24 james McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33  

1864  On January - 24 otto Jonas Lindblad, composer, dies at 54  

1877  On January - 24 death of johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796)  

1882  Death of Levi Boone, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1808) on January - 24.  

1883  On this day in history friedrich von Flotow, German baron/composer, dies at 70  

1884  On January - 24 johann Christian Gebauer, composer, dies at 75  

1885  Martin R Delany, politician & black nationalist, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1895  Death of Lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849) on this day in history.  

1901  On this day in history simon Hassler, composer, dies at 68  

1904  Franz Coenen, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1911  Carl Eilhardt, composer, dies at 67 on January - 24.  

1913  On January - 24 gustav Luders, composer, dies at 47  

1918  Death of George Arthur Crump, Founder of the Pine Valley Golf Club in Clementon NJ (b. 1871) on January - 24.  

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1287  Richard Aungerville, English bishop (d. 1345) was born on January - 24.  

1444  On January - 24 birth of galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1476)  

1638  Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet (d. 1706) was born on January - 24.  

1664  John Vanbrugh, London, dramatist/architect (baptized) was born on January - 24.  

1670  On this day in history birth of william Congreve, English playwright (d. 1729)  

1674  On this day in history birth of thomas Tanner, English bishop (d. 1735)  

1679  On January - 24 birth of christian von Wolff, German philosopher  

1705  On January - 24 birth of farinelli, [Carlo Broschi], Andria Italy, castrato