Famous Deaths Happened In April - 24

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

0709  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on April - 24.   

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

1077  On April - 24 geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies   

1185  Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on this day in history.   

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

1530  On this day in history jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies   

1617  On this day in history 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  Death of Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561) on this day in history.   

1731  Daniel Defoe, English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies on April - 24.   

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

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

1776  Carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1779  On April - 24 death of eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (b. 1711)   

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  On this day in history 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 April - 24.   

1855  Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

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

1912  Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81 on April - 24.   

1917  On this day in history oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies   

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  On this day in history ferdinand B Hummel, composer, dies at 72   

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

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

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

1939  On this day in history john Foulds, composer, dies at 58   

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1533  On this day in history birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)   

1538  On this day in history birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer   

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

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

1706  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer