Famous Deaths In October - 24
Monday, 18 March 2024
0996 On this day in history hugo Capet, king of France (987-96), dies at 58
1375 On October - 24 death of king Valdemar IV of Denmark (bc. 1320)
1521 On this day in history robert Fayrfax, composer, dies at 57
1537 Jane Seymour, 3rd wife of Henry VIII, dies on October - 24.
1572 On October - 24 death of edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English politician (bc. 1508)
1579 On October - 24 albrecht V von Wittelsbach, duke of Bavaria, dies at 51
1601 On this day in history tycho Brahe, astronomer, dies in Prague at 54
1649 Ferdinand van Boisschot, South Neth diplomat, dies at about 89 on October - 24.
1655 Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, dies at 63 on this day in history.
1667 On this day in history 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 On this day in history barent Avercamp, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 66
1708 On October - 24 death of kowa Seki, Japanese mathematician
1785 On this day in history jean-Jacques Robson, composer, dies at 64
1789 On October - 24 joaquin de Oxinaga, composer, dies at 69
1799 Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59 on October - 24.
1821 On October - 24 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 October - 24.
1860 Elie Decazes, French Bourbon Restoration politician, dies at 80 on this day in history.
1864 On October - 24 james Jay Archer, US Conf brig-general, dies in battle at 46
1875 Death of Raffaello Carboni, Italian writer on October - 24.
1897 On October - 24 francis Turner Palgrave, poet/editor (Golden Treasury), dies at 73
1898 Death of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter (b. 1824) on this day in history.
1901 On this day in history paul Henrion, composer, dies at 82
1902 On October - 24 vladislav Ivanovich Zaremba, composer, dies at 69
1912 Louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Zeesterre), dies at 83 on this day in history.
1915 Death of Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (b. 1828) on this day in history.
1918 Alexander Charles Lecocq, composer, dies at 86 on October - 24.
1922 Death of George Cadbury, British chocolate and cocoa manufacturer (b. 1839) on October - 24.
1925 On this day in history jindrich S Baar, Czech pastor/writer (Lusy), dies at 56
1929 Peter J Blok, Dutch historian, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1930 On this day in history renaat Verheijen, Flemish actor/director (Dr Faustus), dies at 26
1931 Murray Bisset, cricketer (S Afr)/Chief Justice of Rhodesia, dies on this day in history.
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