Famous Deaths In August - 24

0079  On August - 24 death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)   

1103  On August - 24 magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies   

1217  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on August - 24.   

1313  On this day in history henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies   

1371  On August - 24 death of eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on August - 24.   

1542  Death of Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) on this day in history.   

1572  On this day in history death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded   

1595  On August - 24 thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies   

1647  Nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61 on this day in history.   

1664  On August - 24 death of maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610)   

1666  Francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1679  Death of Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz, French churchman and agitator (b. 1614) on this day in history.   

1680  Death of Ferdinand Bulb, Dutch painter/etcher, buried on August - 24.   

1683  Death of John Owen, English non-conformist theologian (b. 1616) on August - 24.   

1712  Thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 54 on August - 24.   

1724  Andreas Kneller, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1759  Ewald C von Kleist, German poet, dies at 44 on August - 24.   

1770  On this day in history thomas Chatterton, English poet (Revenge), dies   

1779  On August - 24 death of saint Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek Orthodox martyr (b. 1714)   

1798  Death of Thomas Alcock, English clergyman (b. 1709) on August - 24.   

1801  On this day in history jacques-Denis Antoine, French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68   

1832  Death of Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French mathematician (b. 1796) on this day in history.   

1833  On this day in history adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65   

1840  On this day in history joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89   

1841  Karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1888  On August - 24 rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies   

1889  Jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies on this day in history.   

1895  John F Loudon, entrepreneur/colonial director, dies at 74 on August - 24.   

1906  Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter, dies on this day in history.   

1907  Pieter Louis Tak, writer (Chronicle), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1921  On August - 24 death of nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet (b. 1886)   

1923  Kate Douglas Wiggin, author (US kindergarten movement), dies at 66 on August - 24.   

1939  On August - 24 w H Moule, cricketer (Australia v England 1880)/High Court judge, dies   

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1113  On this day in history birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy   

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on August - 24.   

1198  On this day in history birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)   

1210  On August - 24 birth of floris IV, Count of Holland   

1358  On this day in history birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)   

1393  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.   

1420  On this day in history birth of albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt)   

1531  On this day in history birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer