Famous Deaths Happened In June - 24

0803  Death of Higbald of Lindisfarne on this day in history.   

1398  Death of Hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328) on this day in history.   

1439  Death of Duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382) on this day in history.   

1475  Albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1519  Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39 on June - 24.   

1520  Death of Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489) on June - 24.   

1572  Death of Adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged on June - 24.   

1604  Death of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550) on this day in history.   

1629  Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/writer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1637  Death of Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (b. 1580) on this day in history.   

1643  On June - 24 john Hampden, English politician, dies of injuries at about 48   

1652  Andries Bicker, merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 65 on June - 24.   

1673  On this day in history john of Paffenrode, ruler of Ghussigny/poet, dies in battle   

1707  Kaspar von Stieler, German linguist/poet, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1712  Simon van der Stel, Dutch gov of Cape Colony (1679-99), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1724  Johann Theile, German composer (Adam und Eva), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1766  On June - 24 death of adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (b. 1678)   

1778  On this day in history peter Burmannus Secundus, [P Burman], Dutch classicist, dies at 64   

1803  On this day in history matthew Thornton, Irish/US physician/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 88   

1817  On June - 24 thomas McKean, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 83   

1835  Death of Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician, commander of Greek naval forces in Greek War of Independence (b. 1769) on this day in history.   

1882  Joseph Joachim Raff, German opera composer (Cavatine), dies at 60 on June - 24.   

1891  On this day in history ann Sheppard Mounsey, composer, dies at 80   

1894  Death of M F Sadi Carnot, president of France (1887-94), murdered at about 56 on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history grover Cleveland, 22nd & 24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97), dies at 71   

1909  Death of Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer (b. 1849) on this day in history.   

1913  Frank Lynes, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history death of walter Rathenau, German foreign minister, killed by anti-semites at 54   

1933  Sissieretta Joyner Jones, "Black Patti", US singer, dies at about 64 on this day in history.   

1935  Death of Carlos Gardel, Argentine singer (airplane crash) (b. 1890) on this day in history.   

1936  Nandor Zsolt, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1938  "Digger" Robertson, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885), dies on June - 24.   

1944  Rio Gebhardt, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1946  On June - 24 death of louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857)   

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1244  On this day in history birth of hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308)   

1322  Johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry) was born on June - 24.   

1343  On this day in history birth of jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373)   

1386  Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456) was born on June - 24.   

1485  Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558) was born on this day in history.   

1499  On this day in history birth of johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians)   

1519  On this day in history birth of theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605)   

1533  On this day in history birth of robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth