Famous Deaths In January - 24

0041  On January - 24 death of caligula, [G C Germanicus], Roman emperor (37-41), assassinated at 28  

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 January - 24.  

0817  Stefanus IV, pope (816-17), dies on this day in history.  

1125  Death of David IV of Georgia (b. 1073) on this day in history.  

1336  Alfonso IV, the Benignant, king of Aragon (1327-36), dies at 36 on January - 24.  

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

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 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  Johann Andreas Herbst, composer, dies at 77 on January - 24.  

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

1709  On January - 24 death of george Rooke, English admiral (b. 1650)  

1769  Death of François de Chevert, French general (b. 1695) on January - 24.  

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

1812  Eligio Celestino, composer, dies at 72 on January - 24.  

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 this day in history.  

1862  James McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33 on January - 24.  

1864  On this day in history otto Jonas Lindblad, composer, dies at 54  

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

1882  On January - 24 death of levi Boone, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1808)  

1883  On January - 24 friedrich von Flotow, German baron/composer, dies at 70  

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

1885  On this day in history martin R Delany, politician & black nationalist, dies at 72  

1895  On this day in history death of lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849)  

1901  On January - 24 simon Hassler, composer, dies at 68  

1904  Franz Coenen, composer, dies at 77 on January - 24.  

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

1913  Gustav Luders, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

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

1444  On this day in history birth of galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1476)  

1638  Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet (d. 1706) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1705  On this day in history birth of farinelli, [Carlo Broschi], Andria Italy, castrato