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

1185  On this day in history 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  On this day in history jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies   

1617  Death of Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered on this day in history.   

1622  Death of Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (b. 1577) on April - 24.   

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

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

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

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

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

1827  Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82 on April - 24.   

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

1850  On April - 24 louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70   

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

1855  Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75 on April - 24.   

1875  On this day in history 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  George J D Campbell, Brit min of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1904  Friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

1917  Oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history 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 April - 24.   

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

1939  John Foulds, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

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1533  William I of Orange (d. 1584) was born on this day in history.   

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

1581  On April - 24 birth of vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)   

1594  Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on April - 24.   

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

1660  On this day in history birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver   

1670  On this day in history birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer   

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