Famous Deaths In August - 24

0079  Death of Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23) on this day in history.   

1103  On August - 24 magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies   

1217  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1313  Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies on this day in history.   

1371  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on this day in history.   

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on August - 24.   

1542  On this day in history death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)   

1572  On August - 24 death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded   

1595  On this day in history thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies   

1647  Nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61 on August - 24.   

1664  Death of Maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610) on August - 24.   

1666  On August - 24 francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57   

1679  Death of Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz, French churchman and agitator (b. 1614) on August - 24.   

1680  Death of Ferdinand Bulb, Dutch painter/etcher, buried on this day in history.   

1683  On this day in history death of john Owen, English non-conformist theologian (b. 1616)   

1712  Thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1724  Andreas Kneller, composer, dies at 75 on August - 24.   

1759  Ewald C von Kleist, German poet, dies at 44 on August - 24.   

1770  On August - 24 thomas Chatterton, English poet (Revenge), dies   

1779  On this day in history death of saint Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek Orthodox martyr (b. 1714)   

1798  On this day in history death of thomas Alcock, English clergyman (b. 1709)   

1801  Jacques-Denis Antoine, French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68 on August - 24.   

1832  Death of Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French mathematician (b. 1796) on this day in history.   

1833  On this day in history adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65   

1840  On this day in history joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89   

1841  Karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36 on August - 24.   

1888  On this day in history rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies   

1889  Jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies on August - 24.   

1895  John F Loudon, entrepreneur/colonial director, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1906  Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter, dies on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history pieter Louis Tak, writer (Chronicle), dies at 58   

1921  On August - 24 death of nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet (b. 1886)   

1923  On this day in history kate Douglas Wiggin, author (US kindergarten movement), dies at 66   

1939  W H Moule, cricketer (Australia v England 1880)/High Court judge, dies on this day in history.   

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1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on this day in history.   

1113  On this day in history birth of geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)   

1198  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on this day in history.   

1210  On August - 24 birth of floris IV, Count of Holland   

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on August - 24.   

1393  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.   

1420  On this day in history birth of albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt)   

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on this day in history.