Famous Deaths Happened In July - 24

1115  On this day in history death of matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046)   

1240  On July - 24 death of konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights   

1345  On July - 24 death of jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered   

1568  On July - 24 death of prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545)   

1594  Death of John Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544) on July - 24.   

1652  Johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32 on July - 24.   

1712  Cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies on this day in history.   

1739  Benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday on this day in history.   

1756  On July - 24 george Vertue, engraver, dies   

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

1768  On July - 24 death of nathanial Lardner, English theologian (b. 1684)   

1809  On this day in history johann Gottfried Eckard, composer, dies at 74   

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

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

1826  On July - 24 jacob Kimball, composer, dies at 65   

1831  Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1837  Death of Charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter on this day in history.   

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  On July - 24 martin Van Buren, 8th pres (1837-41), dies in Kinderhook NY at 79   

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

1868  On July - 24 george Cattermole, painter/illustrator, dies   

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

1883  On July - 24 death of matthew Webb, English Channel swimmer, drowns above Niagara Falls   

1900  On this day in history death of ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59   

1908  Death of Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran poet (b. the same day 1867) on this day in history.   

1910  Death of Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841) on July - 24.   

1927  On this day in history death of ryÅ«nosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (b. 1892)   

1931  On this day in history marie WF Treub, Dutch economist/minister of finance, dies at 75   

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

1936  On this day in history 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 July - 24.   

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1380  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint was born on July - 24.   

1660  On July - 24 birth of charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (d. 1718)   

1686  Benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9] was born on July - 24.   

1720  Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik was born on July - 24.   

1725  John Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807) was born on July - 24.   

1738  On this day in history birth of elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart)   

1757  Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825) was born on this day in history.   

1759  Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21) was born on July - 24.