Famous Deaths Happened In February - 24

0616  Death of King Ethelbert of Kent on this day in history.   

1525  On this day in history death of guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier   

1563  Death of Francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44 on February - 24.   

1588  On February - 24 death of johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist   

1642  Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66 on this day in history.   

1666  Nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77 on February - 24.   

1674  Death of Matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616) on February - 24.   

1685  Death of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629) on this day in history.   

1686  Ferdinando Tacca, Italian painter/son of Pietro Tacca, dies at 66 on February - 24.   

1692  On this day in history antimo Liberati, composer, dies at 74   

1704  On this day in history marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (church music), dies   

1714  On February - 24 death of edmund Andros, English governor in North America (b. 1637)   

1721  On this day in history death of john Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (b. 1648)   

1732  Death of Colonel Francis Charteris, known as "The Rape-Master General". (b. 1675) on February - 24.   

1735  Georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1777  Death of King Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714) on this day in history.   

1779  On this day in history death of paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (b. 1704)   

1781  Death of Edward Capell, English critic (b. 1713) on this day in history.   

1784  Anton Laube, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1785  On this day in history carlo Bonaparte, Corsican attorney, dies at 39   

1799  Broerius Brorius, theologist (Pensive Christian), dies at about 41 on February - 24.   

1806  John Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist (Society for General Use), dies at 81 on February - 24.   

1810  On February - 24 henry Cavendish, physicist/chemist, dies   

1812  On February - 24 hugo Kollataj, Polish teacher/minister, dies at 61   

1815  Robert Fulton, steamboat pioneer, dies on February - 24.   

1825  On February - 24 thomas Bowdler, self-appointed Shakespearean censor, dies   

1829  Auguste Chouteau, St Louis co-founder, dies on February - 24.   

1862  On February - 24 bernard S Ingemann, Danish author (Holger Danske), dies at 72   

1874  On February - 24 anselmo Clave, composer, dies at 49   

1876  On this day in history jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67   

1895  Ignaz Lachner, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1907  On February - 24 otto Goldschmidt, composer, dies at 77   

1908  Anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer, dies at 66 on February - 24.   

1914  Death of Joshua Chamberlain, Civil War hero for the Union on Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg on this day in history.   

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1103  On February - 24 birth of emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156)   

1304  On February - 24 birth of muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia & Africa)   

1304  Ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. 1368) ? was born on February - 24.   

1463  Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist was born on February - 24.   

1500  On February - 24 birth of carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56)/Holy Roman Emperor   

1501  Sixt(us) Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Suzanna) was born on February - 24.   

1536  On February - 24 birth of clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605)   

1545  Don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578) was born on February - 24.