Famous Deaths In June - 24

0803  On June - 24 death of higbald of Lindisfarne   

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  Albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54 on June - 24.   

1519  Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1520  Death of Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489) on this day in history.   

1572  On this day in history 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  On June - 24 death of nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (b. 1580)   

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

1652  On June - 24 andries Bicker, merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 65   

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

1707  On June - 24 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  Johann Theile, German composer (Adam und Eva), dies at 77 on June - 24.   

1766  Death of Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (b. 1678) on this day in history.   

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

1803  On June - 24 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 June - 24 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  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 June - 24.   

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 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 June - 24.   

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

1936  On this day in history nandor Zsolt, composer, dies at 49   

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  On this day in history birth of johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry)   

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 June - 24.   

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