Famous Deaths Happened In April - 24

0624  Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 24.   

0709  On this day in history 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  On this day in history geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies   

1185  On April - 24 death of antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns   

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 April - 24.   

1617  Death of Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered on April - 24.   

1622  On this day in history death of fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (b. 1577)   

1656  On this day in history death of thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)   

1731  On this day in history daniel Defoe, English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies   

1736  Death of Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (b. 1663) on this day in history.   

1758  Florian Wrastill, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1776  On this day in history carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84   

1779  Death of Eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (b. 1711) on this day in history.   

1824  On April - 24 herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71   

1827  Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1848  Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1850  Louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70 on April - 24.   

1852  On this day in history death of vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (b. 1783)   

1855  On April - 24 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 this day in history.   

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

1904  On this day in history friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77   

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  Richard Batka, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1935  On April - 24 paul Klengel, composer, dies at 80   

1936  On this day in history alphons Diepenbrock, composer, dies at 73   

1938  Death of George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863) on April - 24.   

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

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1533  On April - 24 birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)   

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on April - 24.   

1581  Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) was born on April - 24.   

1594  On this day in history birth of benedikt Lechler, composer   

1620  On April - 24 birth of john Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography   

1660  On April - 24 birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver   

1670  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on April - 24.   

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