Famous Deaths Happened In August - 24

0079  Death of Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23) on this day in history.   

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

1217  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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

1371  On this day in history death of eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

1540  On August - 24 death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)   

1542  On this day in history death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)   

1572  On August - 24 death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded   

1595  On this day in history thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies   

1647  Nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61 on August - 24.   

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 August - 24.   

1679  On August - 24 death of jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz, French churchman and agitator (b. 1614)   

1680  On this day in history death of ferdinand Bulb, Dutch painter/etcher, buried   

1683  On August - 24 death of john Owen, English non-conformist theologian (b. 1616)   

1712  On August - 24 thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 54   

1724  Andreas Kneller, composer, dies at 75 on August - 24.   

1759  Ewald C von Kleist, German poet, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1770  Thomas Chatterton, English poet (Revenge), dies on August - 24.   

1779  Death of Saint Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek Orthodox martyr (b. 1714) on August - 24.   

1798  On this day in history death of thomas Alcock, English clergyman (b. 1709)   

1801  On August - 24 jacques-Denis Antoine, French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68   

1832  On August - 24 death of nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French mathematician (b. 1796)   

1833  Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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  Rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies on August - 24.   

1889  Jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies on August - 24.   

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  On this day in history pieter Louis Tak, writer (Chronicle), dies at 58   

1921  Death of Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet (b. 1886) on August - 24.   

1923  Kate Douglas Wiggin, author (US kindergarten movement), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1939  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)   

1198  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on August - 24.   

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

1358  On August - 24 birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)   

1393  On this day in history birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)   

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on August - 24.   

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on August - 24.