Famous Deaths Happened In August - 24

0079  On this day in history death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)   

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1371  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on August - 24.   

1540  On this day in history death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)   

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

1572  Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on this day in history.   

1595  Thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies on August - 24.   

1647  On this day in history nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61   

1664  On this day in history death of maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610)   

1666  On this day in history francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57   

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

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

1683  Death of John Owen, English non-conformist theologian (b. 1616) on this day in history.   

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

1724  On this day in history andreas Kneller, composer, dies at 75   

1759  On August - 24 ewald C von Kleist, German poet, dies at 44   

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

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

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

1801  Jacques-Denis Antoine, French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68 on August - 24.   

1832  On this day in history 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  Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1841  On August - 24 karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36   

1888  On this day in history rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies   

1889  On this day in history jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies   

1895  On August - 24 john F Loudon, entrepreneur/colonial director, dies at 74   

1906  On August - 24 alfred Stevens, Belgian painter, dies   

1907  On August - 24 pieter Louis Tak, writer (Chronicle), dies at 58   

1921  On this day in history death of nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet (b. 1886)   

1923  On this day in history kate Douglas Wiggin, author (US kindergarten movement), dies at 66   

1939  On this day in history w H Moule, cricketer (Australia v England 1880)/High Court judge, dies   

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1113  On August - 24 birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy   

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on this day in history.   

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

1210  On this day in history birth of floris IV, Count of Holland   

1358  On this day in history 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.