Famous Deaths In July - 24

1115  On July - 24 death of matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046)  

1240  Death of Konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights on this day in history.  

1345  On this day in history death of jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered  

1568  Death of Prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545) on this day in history.  

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

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

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1768  On this day in history death of nathanial Lardner, English theologian (b. 1684)  

1809  On this day in history johann Gottfried Eckard, composer, dies at 74  

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

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

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

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

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  On this day in history martin Van Buren, 8th pres (1837-41), dies in Kinderhook NY at 79  

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 July - 24 death of matthew Webb, English Channel swimmer, drowns above Niagara Falls  

1900  Death of Ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59 on July - 24.  

1908  On this day in history 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 ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (b. 1892)  

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

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

1936  On this day in history james Philip Dunn, composer, dies at 52  

1944  On this day in history death of jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49  

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  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint was born on July - 24.  

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

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 July - 24 birth of john Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807)  

1738  On this day in history 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)