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  Death of Jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered on July - 24.  

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

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

1652  Johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.  

1712  Cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies on July - 24.  

1739  Benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday on this day in history.  

1756  On July - 24 george Vertue, engraver, dies  

1758  On this day in history john Dyer, poet, dies  

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

1809  Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer, dies at 74 on July - 24.  

1812  Joseph Schuster, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1819  Sophie Gail, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

1826  Jacob Kimball, composer, dies at 65 on July - 24.  

1831  Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer, dies at 41 on July - 24.  

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

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

1910  Death of Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841) on this day in history.  

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  Max von Schillings, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1936  James Philip Dunn, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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  Mary Church Terrell, educator/civil rights leader, dies at 90 on July - 24.  

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

1759  Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21) was born on this day in history.