Famous Deaths In July - 24

1115  On July - 24 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 this day in history.  

1568  On this day in history death of prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545)  

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

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

1712  On this day in history cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies  

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

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

1758  On this day in history john Dyer, poet, dies  

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

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

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

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

1826  Jacob Kimball, composer, dies at 65 on July - 24.  

1831  On this day in history maria Agata Szymanowska, composer, dies at 41  

1837  On this day in history 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 July - 24.  

1862  On July - 24 martin Van Buren, 8th pres (1837-41), dies in Kinderhook NY at 79  

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 July - 24 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 this day in history.  

1927  Death of RyÅ«nosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (b. 1892) on July - 24.  

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

1933  On this day in history max von Schillings, composer, dies at 65  

1936  James Philip Dunn, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1944  On July - 24 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  On this day in history mary Church Terrell, educator/civil rights leader, dies at 90  

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1380  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint was born on this day in history.  

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

1725  On July - 24 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 July - 24.  

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