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 this day in history.  

1345  Death of Jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered on this day in history.  

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 July - 24.  

1652  On this day in history johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32  

1712  Cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies on this day in history.  

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

1756  On July - 24 george Vertue, engraver, dies  

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

Advertisements

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

1809  Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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 July - 24.  

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

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

1842  On July - 24 john Sell Cotman, landscape painter, dies  

1846  On this day in history joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer/choir master, dies at 81  

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

1865  On July - 24 johan Filip von Schantz, composer, dies at 30  

1868  On July - 24 george Cattermole, painter/illustrator, dies  

1876  On July - 24 thomas Molleson Mudie, composer, dies at 66  

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 this day in history.  

1908  Death of Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran poet (b. the same day 1867) on this day in history.  

1910  On July - 24 death of arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841)  

1927  Death of Ryūnosuke 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 this day in history 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  Mary Church Terrell, educator/civil rights leader, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1380  On July - 24 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  On July - 24 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  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  Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21) was born on July - 24.