Famous Deaths In July - 24

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

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

1594  Death of John Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544) on this day in history.  

1652  Johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.  

1712  Cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies on July - 24.  

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

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

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

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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 this day in history joseph Schuster, composer, dies at 63  

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

1826  Jacob Kimball, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1876  Thomas Molleson Mudie, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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  On July - 24 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  On July - 24 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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1380  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart) was born on this day in history.  

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

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