Famous Deaths In July - 24

1115  Death of Matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046) on this day in history.  

1240  Death of Konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights on July - 24.  

1345  Death of Jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered on this day in history.  

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

1594  On July - 24 death of john Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544)  

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

1712  On July - 24 cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies  

1739  Benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday on July - 24.  

1756  George Vertue, engraver, dies on this day in history.  

1758  On July - 24 john Dyer, poet, dies  

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 this day in history.  

1819  On July - 24 sophie Gail, composer, dies at 43  

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

1831  Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer, dies at 41 on July - 24.  

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

1842  John Sell Cotman, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.  

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  Johan Filip von Schantz, composer, dies at 30 on this day in history.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1908  Death of Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran poet (b. the same day 1867) on July - 24.  

1910  Death of Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841) on this day in history.  

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

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  Death of Jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49 on July - 24.  

1947  Ernest Austin, composer, dies at 72 on July - 24.  

1954  Mary Church Terrell, educator/civil rights leader, dies at 90 on July - 24.  

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

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

1686  On July - 24 birth of benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9]  

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

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

1738  On July - 24 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  On this day in history birth of victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21)