Famous Deaths Happened In April - 24

0624  On this day in history death of mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury   

0709  On April - 24 wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76   

0729  On this day in history egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89   

1077  Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies on April - 24.   

1185  Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on April - 24.   

1338  Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on this day in history.   

1530  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on this day in history.   

1617  On April - 24 death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered   

1622  On April - 24 death of fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (b. 1577)   

1656  On April - 24 death of thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)   

1731  Daniel Defoe, English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies on this day in history.   

1736  On this day in history death of prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (b. 1663)   

1758  On April - 24 florian Wrastill, composer, dies at 41   

1776  Carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84 on April - 24.   

1779  Death of Eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (b. 1711) on April - 24.   

1824  Herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1827  On this day in history pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82   

1848  On April - 24 francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69   

1850  Louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1852  Death of Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (b. 1783) on this day in history.   

1855  On this day in history walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75   

1875  On April - 24 jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58   

1891  Count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies on April - 24.   

1900  On April - 24 george J D Campbell, Brit min of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76   

1904  Friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77 on April - 24.   

1912  On this day in history justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81   

1917  Oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies on April - 24.   

1922  On April - 24 richard Batka, composer, dies at 53   

1924  On this day in history george Street, English cricket wicket keeper (1 Test 1923), dies   

1928  Ferdinand B Hummel, composer, dies at 72 on April - 24.   

1935  On this day in history paul Klengel, composer, dies at 80   

1936  Alphons Diepenbrock, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history death of george Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)   

1939  On April - 24 john Foulds, composer, dies at 58   

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1533  William I of Orange (d. 1584) was born on April - 24.   

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on this day in history.   

1581  Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.   

1594  Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1620  On this day in history birth of john Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography   

1660  Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver was born on April - 24.   

1670  On April - 24 birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer   

1706  On April - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer