Famous Deaths In February - 24

0616  Death of King Ethelbert of Kent on this day in history.   

1525  Death of Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier on February - 24.   

1563  Death of Francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44 on February - 24.   

1588  Death of Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist on February - 24.   

1642  Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66 on this day in history.   

1666  On February - 24 nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77   

1674  On February - 24 death of matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616)   

1685  Death of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629) on February - 24.   

1686  Ferdinando Tacca, Italian painter/son of Pietro Tacca, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1692  On this day in history antimo Liberati, composer, dies at 74   

1704  On February - 24 marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (church music), dies   

1714  Death of Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (b. 1637) on February - 24.   

1721  Death of John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (b. 1648) on this day in history.   

1732  On this day in history death of colonel Francis Charteris, known as "The Rape-Master General". (b. 1675)   

1735  Georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer, dies at 56 on February - 24.   

1777  Death of King Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714) on this day in history.   

1779  Death of Paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (b. 1704) on this day in history.   

1781  Death of Edward Capell, English critic (b. 1713) on this day in history.   

1784  Anton Laube, composer, dies at 65 on February - 24.   

1785  Carlo Bonaparte, Corsican attorney, dies at 39 on February - 24.   

1799  Broerius Brorius, theologist (Pensive Christian), dies at about 41 on this day in history.   

1806  John Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist (Society for General Use), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1810  On February - 24 henry Cavendish, physicist/chemist, dies   

1812  Hugo Kollataj, Polish teacher/minister, dies at 61 on February - 24.   

1815  Robert Fulton, steamboat pioneer, dies on this day in history.   

1825  On February - 24 thomas Bowdler, self-appointed Shakespearean censor, dies   

1829  On this day in history auguste Chouteau, St Louis co-founder, dies   

1862  Bernard S Ingemann, Danish author (Holger Danske), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1874  Anselmo Clave, composer, dies at 49 on February - 24.   

1876  Jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67 on February - 24.   

1895  Ignaz Lachner, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1907  Otto Goldschmidt, composer, dies at 77 on February - 24.   

1908  On this day in history anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer, dies at 66   

1914  On February - 24 death of joshua Chamberlain, Civil War hero for the Union on Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg   

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1103  Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156) was born on February - 24.   

1304  Muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia & Africa) was born on February - 24.   

1304  Ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. 1368) ? was born on this day in history.   

1463  On this day in history birth of giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist   

1500  On February - 24 birth of carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56)/Holy Roman Emperor   

1501  On this day in history birth of sixt(us) Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Suzanna)   

1536  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605) was born on February - 24.   

1545  On February - 24 birth of don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578)