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 this day in history.   

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  On April - 24 death of marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1731  On this day in history 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 this day in history florian Wrastill, composer, dies at 41   

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

1779  On this day in history death of eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (b. 1711)   

1824  On this day in history herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71   

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

1848  On this day in history 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  On this day in history walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75   

1875  Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies   

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

1904  On April - 24 friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77   

1912  On April - 24 justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81   

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

1922  On this day in history 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 April - 24 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  Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1706  Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on this day in history.