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 July - 24.  

1568  On July - 24 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  Benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday on July - 24.  

1756  On this day in history 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  Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer, dies at 74 on July - 24.  

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

1819  On this day in history 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  On July - 24 joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer/choir master, dies at 81  

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

1865  Johan Filip von Schantz, composer, dies at 30 on July - 24.  

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

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

1883  Death of Matthew Webb, English Channel swimmer, drowns above Niagara Falls on July - 24.  

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 this day in history death of arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841)  

1927  On July - 24 death of ryÅ«nosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (b. 1892)  

1931  Marie WF Treub, Dutch economist/minister of finance, dies at 75 on July - 24.  

1933  Max von Schillings, composer, dies at 65 on July - 24.  

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  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 this day in history birth of johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint  

1660  Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (d. 1718) was born on this day in history.  

1686  Benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9] was born on this day in history.  

1720  On July - 24 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  Elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart) was born on July - 24.  

1757  On July - 24 birth of vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825)  

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