Famous Deaths In July - 24

1115  Death of Matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046) on July - 24.  

1240  On this day in history death of konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights  

1345  On July - 24 death of jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered  

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

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

1739  On July - 24 benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday  

1756  On this day in history george Vertue, engraver, dies  

1758  John Dyer, poet, dies on July - 24.  

1768  Death of Nathanial Lardner, English theologian (b. 1684) on July - 24.  

1809  On July - 24 johann Gottfried Eckard, composer, dies at 74  

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

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

1826  On this day in history jacob Kimball, composer, dies at 65  

1831  On July - 24 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 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 July - 24.  

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

1876  On this day in history thomas Molleson Mudie, composer, dies at 66  

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

1910  On this day in history death of arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841)  

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

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  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  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 July - 24.  

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  Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.