Famous Deaths In July - 24

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 July - 24.  

1568  On this day in history death of prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545)  

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

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

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

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

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

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

1826  Jacob Kimball, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1831  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history george Cattermole, painter/illustrator, dies  

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  Death of Ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59 on July - 24.  

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 RyÅ«nosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (b. 1892) on this day in history.  

1931  On July - 24 marie WF Treub, Dutch economist/minister of finance, dies at 75  

1933  On July - 24 max von Schillings, composer, dies at 65  

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 July - 24 ernest Austin, composer, dies at 72  

1954  On this day in history mary Church Terrell, educator/civil rights leader, dies at 90  

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1380  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint was born on July - 24.  

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

1686  On this day in history birth of benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9]  

1720  On July - 24 birth of louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik  

1725  John Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807) was born on this day in history.  

1738  On July - 24 birth of elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart)  

1757  On July - 24 birth of vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825)  

1759  Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21) was born on July - 24.