Famous Deaths In January - 24

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

0661  Death of Ali ibn Abu Talib, kalief of Islam (656-61), murdered on January - 24.  

0772  On January - 24 stefanus III/IV, pope (768-72), dies  

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

1125  Death of David IV of Georgia (b. 1073) on January - 24.  

1336  On January - 24 alfonso IV, the Benignant, king of Aragon (1327-36), dies at 36  

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

1376  Death of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English military leader on this day in history.  

1473  Conrad Paumann, German blind organist/composer, dies on January - 24.  

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

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

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

1639  On January - 24 death of george Jenatsch, Grisons leader, assassinated  

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

1769  On this day in history death of françois de Chevert, French general (b. 1695)  

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

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

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 January - 24.  

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

1884  On this day in history johann Christian Gebauer, composer, dies at 75  

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

1895  Death of Lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849) on January - 24.  

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

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

1911  Carl Eilhardt, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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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 this day in history.  

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

1679  Christian von Wolff, German philosopher was born on this day in history.  

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