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  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 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.  

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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  Sophie Gail, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history john Sell Cotman, landscape painter, dies  

1846  On July - 24 joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer/choir master, dies at 81  

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

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

1868  George Cattermole, painter/illustrator, dies on this day in history.  

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

1883  Death of Matthew Webb, English Channel swimmer, drowns above Niagara Falls on this day in history.  

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 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  James Philip Dunn, composer, dies at 52 on July - 24.  

1944  Death of Jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49 on July - 24.  

1947  Ernest Austin, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1954  On July - 24 mary Church Terrell, educator/civil rights leader, dies at 90  

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1380  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint was born on this day in history.  

1660  Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (d. 1718) was born on July - 24.  

1686  Benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9] was born on July - 24.  

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 this day in history birth of vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825)  

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