Famous Deaths Happened In February - 24

0616  On February - 24 death of king Ethelbert of Kent   

1525  On February - 24 death of guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier   

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

1588  Death of Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist on February - 24.   

1642  Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66 on February - 24.   

1666  On this day in history nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77   

1674  On this day in history death of matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616)   

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  Antimo Liberati, composer, dies at 74 on February - 24.   

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  On this day in history death of colonel Francis Charteris, known as "The Rape-Master General". (b. 1675)   

1735  On February - 24 georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer, dies at 56   

1777  On February - 24 death of king Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)   

1779  On February - 24 death of paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (b. 1704)   

1781  On this day in history death of edward Capell, English critic (b. 1713)   

1784  Anton Laube, composer, dies at 65 on February - 24.   

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

1799  Broerius Brorius, theologist (Pensive Christian), dies at about 41 on this day in history.   

1806  On this day in history john Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist (Society for General Use), dies at 81   

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

1812  Hugo Kollataj, Polish teacher/minister, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1815  On this day in history robert Fulton, steamboat pioneer, dies   

1825  On this day in history 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 this day in history anselmo Clave, composer, dies at 49   

1876  On February - 24 jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67   

1895  On this day in history ignaz Lachner, composer, dies at 87   

1907  On this day in history otto Goldschmidt, composer, dies at 77   

1908  On February - 24 anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer, dies at 66   

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  Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156) was born on February - 24.   

1304  Muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia & Africa) was born on February - 24.   

1304  On this day in history birth of ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. 1368) ?   

1463  On this day in history birth of giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist   

1500  Carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56)/Holy Roman Emperor was born on this day in history.   

1501  Sixt(us) Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Suzanna) was born on this day in history.   

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

1545  On February - 24 birth of don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578)