Famous Deaths Happened In April - 24

0624  On April - 24 death of mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury   

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

0729  Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 on April - 24.   

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 April - 24.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1656  Death of Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561) on this day in history.   

1731  On April - 24 daniel Defoe, English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies   

1736  On April - 24 death of prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (b. 1663)   

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

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  Herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71 on April - 24.   

1827  On April - 24 pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82   

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

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

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

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

1875  On this day in history jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58   

1891  On April - 24 count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies   

1900  On this day in history george J D Campbell, Brit min of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76   

1904  On April - 24 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  On April - 24 richard Batka, composer, dies at 53   

1924  George Street, English cricket wicket keeper (1 Test 1923), dies on April - 24.   

1928  Ferdinand B Hummel, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

1936  On April - 24 alphons Diepenbrock, composer, dies at 73   

1938  On April - 24 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 April - 24.   

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

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

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on this day in history.   

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

1670  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on this day in history.   

1706  Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on April - 24.