Famous Deaths In October - 24

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  Robert Fayrfax, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1537  On October - 24 jane Seymour, 3rd wife of Henry VIII, dies   

1572  Death of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English politician (bc. 1508) on this day in history.   

1579  Albrecht V von Wittelsbach, duke of Bavaria, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1601  Tycho Brahe, astronomer, dies in Prague at 54 on October - 24.   

1649  Ferdinand van Boisschot, South Neth diplomat, dies at about 89 on this day in history.   

1655  Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, dies at 63 on October - 24.   

1667  On this day in history death of gabriel Metsu, Dutch painter, buried   

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  On this day in history barent Avercamp, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 66   

1708  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history 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 this day in history james Jay Archer, US Conf brig-general, dies in battle at 46   

1875  Death of Raffaello Carboni, Italian writer on this day in history.   

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  Paul Henrion, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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 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  Jindrich S Baar, Czech pastor/writer (Lusy), dies at 56 on October - 24.   

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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0051  Domitian, Roman Emperor (d. 96) was born on October - 24.   

1378  On this day in history birth of david Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, heir to the throne of Scotland (d. 1402)   

1607  On this day in history birth of john Lievensz, painter/etcher/wood carver   

1632  On October - 24 birth of antony van Leeuwenhoek, Hol, naturalist (Philosophical Transactions)   

1675  On this day in history birth of richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English soldier and politician (d. 1749)   

1710  On October - 24 birth of alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (d. 1773)   

1763  On this day in history birth of dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (d. 1839)   

1788  On October - 24 birth of sarah Josepha Hale, author (Mary Had a Little Lamb)