Famous Deaths In June - 24

0803  Death of Higbald of Lindisfarne on this day in history.   

1398  On this day in history death of hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328)   

1439  On this day in history death of duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382)   

1475  Albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1519  On June - 24 lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39   

1520  On June - 24 death of hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489)   

1572  On this day in history death of adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged   

1604  On this day in history death of edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550)   

1629  On June - 24 carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/writer, dies at 67   

1637  Death of Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (b. 1580) on this day in history.   

1643  John Hampden, English politician, dies of injuries at about 48 on this day in history.   

1652  On this day in history andries Bicker, merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 65   

1673  On June - 24 john of Paffenrode, ruler of Ghussigny/poet, dies in battle   

1707  Kaspar von Stieler, German linguist/poet, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1712  On this day in history simon van der Stel, Dutch gov of Cape Colony (1679-99), dies at 72   

1724  On this day in history johann Theile, German composer (Adam und Eva), dies at 77   

1766  On this day in history death of adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (b. 1678)   

1778  On June - 24 peter Burmannus Secundus, [P Burman], Dutch classicist, dies at 64   

1803  Matthew Thornton, Irish/US physician/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1817  On June - 24 thomas McKean, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 83   

1835  Death of Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician, commander of Greek naval forces in Greek War of Independence (b. 1769) on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history joseph Joachim Raff, German opera composer (Cavatine), dies at 60   

1891  On this day in history ann Sheppard Mounsey, composer, dies at 80   

1894  On this day in history death of m F Sadi Carnot, president of France (1887-94), murdered at about 56   

1908  Grover Cleveland, 22nd & 24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1909  Death of Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer (b. 1849) on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history frank Lynes, composer, dies at 55   

1922  On this day in history death of walter Rathenau, German foreign minister, killed by anti-semites at 54   

1933  On June - 24 sissieretta Joyner Jones, "Black Patti", US singer, dies at about 64   

1935  Death of Carlos Gardel, Argentine singer (airplane crash) (b. 1890) on June - 24.   

1936  On June - 24 nandor Zsolt, composer, dies at 49   

1938  "Digger" Robertson, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885), dies on this day in history.   

1944  On June - 24 rio Gebhardt, composer, dies at 36   

1946  On June - 24 death of louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857)   

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1244  On this day in history birth of hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308)   

1322  On June - 24 birth of johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry)   

1343  Jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373) was born on June - 24.   

1386  On June - 24 birth of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456)   

1485  On June - 24 birth of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558)   

1499  Johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians) was born on this day in history.   

1519  Theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605) was born on June - 24.   

1533  On this day in history birth of robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth