Famous Deaths In October - 24
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
0996 Hugo Capet, king of France (987-96), dies at 58 on October - 24.
1375 Death of King Valdemar IV of Denmark (bc. 1320) on this day in history.
1521 On this day in history robert Fayrfax, composer, dies at 57
1537 On October - 24 jane Seymour, 3rd wife of Henry VIII, dies
1572 Death of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English politician (bc. 1508) on October - 24.
1579 Albrecht V von Wittelsbach, duke of Bavaria, dies at 51 on this day in history.
1601 On October - 24 tycho Brahe, astronomer, dies in Prague at 54
1649 Ferdinand van Boisschot, South Neth diplomat, dies at about 89 on this day in history.
1655 On this day in history pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, dies at 63
1667 On October - 24 death of gabriel Metsu, Dutch painter, buried
1669 Death of William Prynne, English Puritan leader (b. 1600) on this day in history.
1672 On October - 24 death of john Webb, English architect (b. 1611)
1679 Barent Avercamp, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 66 on this day in history.
1708 Death of Kowa Seki, Japanese mathematician on this day in history.
1785 On October - 24 jean-Jacques Robson, composer, dies at 64
1789 Joaquin de Oxinaga, composer, dies at 69 on October - 24.
1799 Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.
1821 On this day in history death of elias Boudinot, American President of the Continental Congress (b. 1740)
1852 Daniel Webster, lawyer/speaker/minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1860 Elie Decazes, French Bourbon Restoration politician, dies at 80 on this day in history.
1864 James Jay Archer, US Conf brig-general, dies in battle at 46 on this day in history.
1875 Death of Raffaello Carboni, Italian writer on this day in history.
1897 Francis Turner Palgrave, poet/editor (Golden Treasury), dies at 73 on this day in history.
1898 On this day in history death of pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter (b. 1824)
1901 On October - 24 paul Henrion, composer, dies at 82
1902 Vladislav Ivanovich Zaremba, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.
1912 Louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Zeesterre), dies at 83 on October - 24.
1915 Death of Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (b. 1828) on October - 24.
1918 Alexander Charles Lecocq, composer, dies at 86 on October - 24.
1922 On October - 24 death of george Cadbury, British chocolate and cocoa manufacturer (b. 1839)
1925 On October - 24 jindrich S Baar, Czech pastor/writer (Lusy), dies at 56
1929 Peter J Blok, Dutch historian, dies at 74 on October - 24.
1930 Renaat Verheijen, Flemish actor/director (Dr Faustus), dies at 26 on this day in history.
1931 On this day in history murray Bisset, cricketer (S Afr)/Chief Justice of Rhodesia, dies
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