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  Stefanus IV, pope (816-17), dies on this day in history.  

1125  On January - 24 death of david IV of Georgia (b. 1073)  

1336  Alfonso IV, the Benignant, king of Aragon (1327-36), dies at 36 on this day in history.  

1366  Death of Alfonso IV of Aragon (b. 1299) on January - 24.  

1376  On this day in history death of richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English military leader  

1473  Conrad Paumann, German blind organist/composer, dies on this day in history.  

1547  Death of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, executed for treason on this day in history.  

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1595  Death of Ferdinand II of Austria (b. 1529) on January - 24.  

1626  On January - 24 death of samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (b. 1580)  

1639  Death of George Jenatsch, Grisons leader, assassinated on this day in history.  

1666  Johann Andreas Herbst, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1678  Joan Maetsuyker, gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1709  Death of George Rooke, English admiral (b. 1650) on this day in history.  

1769  Death of François de Chevert, French general (b. 1695) on this day in history.  

1805  On this day in history giacomo Conti, composer, dies at 50  

1812  On this day in history eligio Celestino, composer, dies at 72  

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  James McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33 on January - 24.  

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

1877  Death of Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796) on January - 24.  

1882  Death of Levi Boone, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1808) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849)  

1901  Simon Hassler, composer, dies at 68 on January - 24.  

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  On January - 24 death of george Arthur Crump, Founder of the Pine Valley Golf Club in Clementon NJ (b. 1871)  

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1287  On this day in history birth of richard Aungerville, English bishop (d. 1345)  

1444  Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1476) was born on this day in history.  

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

1664  On this day in history birth of john Vanbrugh, London, dramatist/architect (baptized)  

1670  William Congreve, English playwright (d. 1729) was born on January - 24.  

1674  On January - 24 birth of thomas Tanner, English bishop (d. 1735)  

1679  On this day in history birth of christian von Wolff, German philosopher  

1705  Farinelli, [Carlo Broschi], Andria Italy, castrato was born on this day in history.