Famous Deaths In July - 24

1115  On July - 24 death of matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046)  

1240  On this day in history death of konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights  

1345  Death of Jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered on July - 24.  

1568  Death of Prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545) on July - 24.  

1594  On this day in history death of john Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544)  

1652  On July - 24 johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32  

1712  Cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies on July - 24.  

1739  On this day in history benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday  

1756  On July - 24 george Vertue, engraver, dies  

1758  John Dyer, poet, dies on this day in history.  

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1768  On this day in history death of nathanial Lardner, English theologian (b. 1684)  

1809  Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1812  On July - 24 joseph Schuster, composer, dies at 63  

1819  Sophie Gail, composer, dies at 43 on July - 24.  

1826  Jacob Kimball, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1831  On July - 24 maria Agata Szymanowska, composer, dies at 41  

1837  On July - 24 death of charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter  

1842  On July - 24 john Sell Cotman, landscape painter, dies  

1846  Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer/choir master, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1862  Martin Van Buren, 8th pres (1837-41), dies in Kinderhook NY at 79 on this day in history.  

1865  On July - 24 johan Filip von Schantz, composer, dies at 30  

1868  On this day in history george Cattermole, painter/illustrator, dies  

1876  On July - 24 thomas Molleson Mudie, composer, dies at 66  

1883  On this day in history death of matthew Webb, English Channel swimmer, drowns above Niagara Falls  

1900  Death of Ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59 on July - 24.  

1908  On July - 24 death of vicente Acosta, Salvadoran poet (b. the same day 1867)  

1910  On July - 24 death of arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841)  

1927  Death of RyÅ«nosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (b. 1892) on this day in history.  

1931  On July - 24 marie WF Treub, Dutch economist/minister of finance, dies at 75  

1933  On July - 24 max von Schillings, composer, dies at 65  

1936  On July - 24 james Philip Dunn, composer, dies at 52  

1944  On this day in history death of jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49  

1947  On this day in history ernest Austin, composer, dies at 72  

1954  Mary Church Terrell, educator/civil rights leader, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

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1380  On July - 24 birth of johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint  

1660  On this day in history birth of charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (d. 1718)  

1686  On this day in history birth of benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9]  

1720  Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik was born on this day in history.  

1725  On this day in history birth of john Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807)  

1738  Elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart) was born on this day in history.  

1757  On this day in history birth of vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825)  

1759  On July - 24 birth of victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21)