Famous Deaths In January - 24

0041  On this day in history 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  On January - 24 stefanus III/IV, pope (768-72), dies  

0817  On this day in history stefanus IV, pope (816-17), dies  

1125  On January - 24 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 January - 24 death of alfonso IV of Aragon (b. 1299)  

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

1473  On January - 24 conrad Paumann, German blind organist/composer, dies  

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 January - 24.  

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 this day in history.  

1666  Johann Andreas Herbst, composer, dies at 77 on January - 24.  

1678  On January - 24 joan Maetsuyker, gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 72  

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

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 January - 24.  

1851  On January - 24 gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, Italian composer, dies at 76  

1856  On January - 24 death of rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775)  

1862  On this day in history james McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33  

1864  Otto Jonas Lindblad, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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  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  Death of Lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849) on this day in history.  

1901  Simon Hassler, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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

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

1913  On this day in history 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  Richard Aungerville, English bishop (d. 1345) was born on January - 24.  

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

1638  On January - 24 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  On January - 24 birth of william Congreve, English playwright (d. 1729)  

1674  Thomas Tanner, English bishop (d. 1735) was born on January - 24.  

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