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 June - 24.  

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

1475  Albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54 on June - 24.  

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  On June - 24 death of edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550)  

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

1637  On this day in history death of nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (b. 1580)  

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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 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 June - 24 johann Theile, German composer (Adam und Eva), dies at 77  

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 June - 24 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  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  Joseph Joachim Raff, German opera composer (Cavatine), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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  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 June - 24.  

1913  On June - 24 frank Lynes, composer, dies at 55  

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  On June - 24 death of carlos Gardel, Argentine singer (airplane crash) (b. 1890)  

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

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

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

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

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1244  On June - 24 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  Jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373) was born on June - 24.  

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

1485  On June - 24 birth of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558)  

1499  Johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians) was born on June - 24.  

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