Famous Deaths Happened In July - 24

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

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

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

1568  Death of Prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545) on July - 24.   

1594  On this day in history death of john Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544)   

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  George Vertue, engraver, dies on July - 24.   

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

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

1809  On July - 24 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 July - 24.   

1831  Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1837  Death of Charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter on July - 24.   

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

1846  On July - 24 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 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 this day in history death of vicente Acosta, Salvadoran poet (b. the same day 1867)   

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

1927  On this day in history 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  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  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   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 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 this day in history birth of johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint   

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 July - 24 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 this day in history.   

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