Famous Deaths In June - 24

0803  Death of Higbald of Lindisfarne on June - 24.   

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  On this day in history albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54   

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

1520  On June - 24 death of hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489)   

1572  Death of Adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged on this day in history.   

1604  On this day in history death of edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550)   

1629  Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/writer, dies at 67 on June - 24.   

1637  On June - 24 death of nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (b. 1580)   

1643  On this day in history john Hampden, English politician, dies of injuries at about 48   

1652  On this day in history andries Bicker, merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 65   

1673  John of Paffenrode, ruler of Ghussigny/poet, dies in battle on June - 24.   

1707  On this day in history kaspar von Stieler, German linguist/poet, dies at 74   

1712  Simon van der Stel, Dutch gov of Cape Colony (1679-99), dies at 72 on June - 24.   

1724  On this day in history johann Theile, German composer (Adam und Eva), dies at 77   

1766  Death of Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (b. 1678) on June - 24.   

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  Thomas McKean, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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  On June - 24 joseph Joachim Raff, German opera composer (Cavatine), dies at 60   

1891  Ann Sheppard Mounsey, composer, dies at 80 on June - 24.   

1894  Death of M F Sadi Carnot, president of France (1887-94), murdered at about 56 on June - 24.   

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  On June - 24 frank Lynes, composer, dies at 55   

1922  On June - 24 death of walter Rathenau, German foreign minister, killed by anti-semites at 54   

1933  On this day in history sissieretta Joyner Jones, "Black Patti", US singer, dies at about 64   

1935  Death of Carlos Gardel, Argentine singer (airplane crash) (b. 1890) on June - 24.   

1936  On June - 24 nandor Zsolt, composer, dies at 49   

1938  "Digger" Robertson, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885), dies on this day in history.   

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

1946  Death of Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857) on June - 24.   

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1244  Hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308) was born on this day in history.   

1322  Johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry) was born on this day in history.   

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

1386  On this day in history birth of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456)   

1485  On this day in history birth of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558)   

1499  On June - 24 birth of johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians)   

1519  On June - 24 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