Famous Deaths 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  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  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  On this day in history john Dyer, poet, dies  

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1768  Death of Nathanial Lardner, English theologian (b. 1684) on July - 24.  

1809  Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer, dies at 74 on July - 24.  

1812  Joseph Schuster, composer, dies at 63 on July - 24.  

1819  On this day in history sophie Gail, composer, dies at 43  

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

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

1837  On this day in history death of charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter  

1842  John Sell Cotman, landscape painter, dies on July - 24.  

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 July - 24.  

1865  On this day in history johan Filip von Schantz, composer, dies at 30  

1868  George Cattermole, painter/illustrator, dies on this day in history.  

1876  Thomas Molleson Mudie, composer, dies at 66 on July - 24.  

1883  Death of Matthew Webb, English Channel swimmer, drowns above Niagara Falls on this day in history.  

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

1908  On this day in history death of vicente Acosta, Salvadoran poet (b. the same day 1867)  

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

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

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

1933  Max von Schillings, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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

1944  Death of Jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49 on this day in history.  

1947  On July - 24 ernest Austin, composer, dies at 72  

1954  On this day in history mary Church Terrell, educator/civil rights leader, dies at 90  

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

1720  On this day in history birth of louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik  

1725  John Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807) was born on this day in history.  

1738  On July - 24 birth of elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart)  

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

1759  On this day in history birth of victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21)