Famous Deaths In October - 24
Sunday, 24 September 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 Robert Fayrfax, composer, dies at 57 on October - 24.
1537 Jane Seymour, 3rd wife of Henry VIII, dies on this day in history.
1572 Death of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English politician (bc. 1508) on October - 24.
1579 On October - 24 albrecht V von Wittelsbach, duke of Bavaria, dies at 51
1601 On October - 24 tycho Brahe, astronomer, dies in Prague at 54
1649 Ferdinand van Boisschot, South Neth diplomat, dies at about 89 on October - 24.
1655 On this day in history pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, dies at 63
1667 Death of Gabriel Metsu, Dutch painter, buried on October - 24.
1669 On October - 24 death of william Prynne, English Puritan leader (b. 1600)
1672 Death of John Webb, English architect (b. 1611) on October - 24.
1679 Barent Avercamp, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 66 on October - 24.
1708 On October - 24 death of kowa Seki, Japanese mathematician
1785 Jean-Jacques Robson, composer, dies at 64 on October - 24.
1789 On this day in history joaquin de Oxinaga, composer, dies at 69
1799 Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.
1821 Death of Elias Boudinot, American President of the Continental Congress (b. 1740) on this day in history.
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 October - 24.
1898 On this day in history death of pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter (b. 1824)
1901 On this day in history paul Henrion, composer, dies at 82
1902 On this day in history vladislav Ivanovich Zaremba, composer, dies at 69
1912 On October - 24 louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Zeesterre), dies at 83
1915 Death of Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (b. 1828) on October - 24.
1918 On October - 24 alexander Charles Lecocq, composer, dies at 86
1922 Death of George Cadbury, British chocolate and cocoa manufacturer (b. 1839) on this day in history.
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 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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