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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1678  Joan Maetsuyker, gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 72 on January - 24.  

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

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  On January - 24 eligio Celestino, composer, dies at 72  

1851  Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, Italian composer, dies at 76 on January - 24.  

1856  On this day in history death of rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775)  

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  On this day in history death of johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796)  

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

1885  On January - 24 martin R Delany, politician & black nationalist, dies at 72  

1895  On January - 24 death of lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849)  

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

1904  Franz Coenen, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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

1913  On January - 24 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  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 January - 24.  

1664  On this day in history birth of john Vanbrugh, London, dramatist/architect (baptized)  

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

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