Famous Deaths 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 June - 24.  

1475  On June - 24 albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54  

1519  On June - 24 lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39  

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

1572  On June - 24 death of adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged  

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

1629  On June - 24 carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/writer, dies at 67  

1637  Death of Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (b. 1580) on June - 24.  

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1643  John Hampden, English politician, dies of injuries at about 48 on this day in history.  

1652  Andries Bicker, merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1673  On June - 24 john of Paffenrode, ruler of Ghussigny/poet, dies in battle  

1707  On June - 24 kaspar von Stieler, German linguist/poet, dies at 74  

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

1724  Johann Theile, German composer (Adam und Eva), dies at 77 on June - 24.  

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

1778  On June - 24 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 June - 24.  

1835  On this day in history death of andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician, commander of Greek naval forces in Greek War of Independence (b. 1769)  

1882  On this day in history joseph Joachim Raff, German opera composer (Cavatine), dies at 60  

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

1894  On this day in history death of m F Sadi Carnot, president of France (1887-94), murdered at about 56  

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

1909  On June - 24 death of sarah Orne Jewett, American writer (b. 1849)  

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

1922  Death of Walter Rathenau, German foreign minister, killed by anti-semites at 54 on June - 24.  

1933  On June - 24 sissieretta Joyner Jones, "Black Patti", US singer, dies at about 64  

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

1944  Rio Gebhardt, composer, dies at 36 on June - 24.  

1946  Death of Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857) on this day in history.  

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

1322  On June - 24 birth of johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry)  

1343  Jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373) was born on this day in history.  

1386  On June - 24 birth of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456)  

1485  Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558) was born on June - 24.  

1499  Johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians) was born on this day in history.  

1519  On June - 24 birth of theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605)  

1533  Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth was born on June - 24.