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 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 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  On this day in history death of alfonso IV of Aragon (b. 1299)  

1376  On January - 24 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 January - 24.  

1595  Death of Ferdinand II of Austria (b. 1529) on this day in history.  

1626  Death of Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (b. 1580) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1805  On January - 24 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 January - 24.  

1856  Death of Rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775) on January - 24.  

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

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

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

1882  On this day in history death of levi Boone, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1808)  

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

1904  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of richard Aungerville, English bishop (d. 1345)  

1444  Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1476) was born on January - 24.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1674  Thomas Tanner, English bishop (d. 1735) was born on this day in history.  

1679  Christian von Wolff, German philosopher was born on January - 24.  

1705  Farinelli, [Carlo Broschi], Andria Italy, castrato was born on January - 24.