Famous Deaths In June - 24

0803  On this day in history death of higbald of Lindisfarne  

1398  Death of Hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328) on June - 24.  

1439  On June - 24 death of duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382)  

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

1519  On this day in history lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39  

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

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 June - 24.  

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

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

1643  John Hampden, English politician, dies of injuries at about 48 on June - 24.  

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 this day in history.  

1707  Kaspar von Stieler, German linguist/poet, dies at 74 on June - 24.  

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

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

1766  On this day in history 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  Matthew Thornton, Irish/US physician/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 88 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1894  On June - 24 death of m F Sadi Carnot, president of France (1887-94), murdered at about 56  

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

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

1913  Frank Lynes, composer, dies at 55 on June - 24.  

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

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 June - 24.  

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

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

1944  On this day in history rio Gebhardt, composer, dies at 36  

1946  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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  On June - 24 birth of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558)  

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

1519  Theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605) was born on June - 24.  

1533  On June - 24 birth of robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth