Famous Deaths Happened In July - 24
Tuesday, 17 February 2026
1115 Death of Matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046) on this day in history. 

1240 On July - 24 death of konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights 

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

1568 On July - 24 death of prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545) 

1594 Death of John Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544) on July - 24. 

1652 Johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32 on July - 24. 

1712 On July - 24 cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies 

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

1756 George Vertue, engraver, dies on this day in history. 

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

1768 Death of Nathanial Lardner, English theologian (b. 1684) on this day in history. 

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

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

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

1826 On July - 24 jacob Kimball, composer, dies at 65 

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

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

1842 John Sell Cotman, landscape painter, dies on July - 24. 

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

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

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 this day in history. 

1883 On this day in history death of matthew Webb, English Channel swimmer, drowns above Niagara Falls 

1900 On July - 24 death of ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59 

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 On July - 24 max von Schillings, composer, dies at 65 

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 On July - 24 ernest Austin, composer, dies at 72 

1954 Mary Church Terrell, educator/civil rights leader, dies at 90 on this day in history. 

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