Famous Deaths In January - 24

0041  Death of Caligula, [G C Germanicus], Roman emperor (37-41), assassinated at 28 on this day in history.  

0661  On this day in history death of ali ibn Abu Talib, kalief of Islam (656-61), murdered  

0772  Stefanus III/IV, pope (768-72), dies on January - 24.  

0817  Stefanus IV, pope (816-17), dies on January - 24.  

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 January - 24.  

1366  On January - 24 death of alfonso IV of Aragon (b. 1299)  

1376  Death of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English military leader on January - 24.  

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

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

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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  Death of George Jenatsch, Grisons leader, assassinated on January - 24.  

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 January - 24.  

1709  On this day in history death of george Rooke, English admiral (b. 1650)  

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  Death of Rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775) on January - 24.  

1862  James McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33 on this day in history.  

1864  Otto Jonas Lindblad, composer, dies at 54 on January - 24.  

1877  Death of Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796) on this day in history.  

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

1883  Friedrich von Flotow, German baron/composer, dies at 70 on January - 24.  

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  On January - 24 franz Coenen, composer, dies at 77  

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  On January - 24 birth of richard Aungerville, English bishop (d. 1345)  

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

1638  On this day in history birth of charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet (d. 1706)  

1664  John Vanbrugh, London, dramatist/architect (baptized) was born on this day in history.  

1670  William Congreve, English playwright (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of farinelli, [Carlo Broschi], Andria Italy, castrato