Famous Deaths Happened In July - 24

1115  Death of Matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046) on July - 24.   

1240  Death of Konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights on July - 24.   

1345  On this day in history death of jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered   

1568  Death of Prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545) on July - 24.   

1594  On this day in history death of john Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544)   

1652  Johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.   

1712  On this day in history cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies   

1739  On this day in history benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday   

1756  On July - 24 george Vertue, engraver, dies   

1758  John Dyer, poet, dies on this day in history.   

1768  Death of Nathanial Lardner, English theologian (b. 1684) on July - 24.   

1809  Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer, dies at 74 on July - 24.   

1812  Joseph Schuster, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1819  On this day in history sophie Gail, composer, dies at 43   

1826  Jacob Kimball, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1831  Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer, dies at 41 on July - 24.   

1837  On July - 24 death of charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter   

1842  On this day in history john Sell Cotman, landscape painter, dies   

1846  On this day in history joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer/choir master, dies at 81   

1862  On this day in history martin Van Buren, 8th pres (1837-41), dies in Kinderhook NY at 79   

1865  Johan Filip von Schantz, composer, dies at 30 on July - 24.   

1868  On this day in history george Cattermole, painter/illustrator, dies   

1876  On this day in history thomas Molleson Mudie, composer, dies at 66   

1883  Death of Matthew Webb, English Channel swimmer, drowns above Niagara Falls on this day in history.   

1900  Death of Ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59 on this day in history.   

1908  On July - 24 death of vicente Acosta, Salvadoran poet (b. the same day 1867)   

1910  Death of Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841) on this day in history.   

1927  Death of RyÅ«nosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (b. 1892) on July - 24.   

1931  On this day in history marie WF Treub, Dutch economist/minister of finance, dies at 75   

1933  On this day in history max von Schillings, composer, dies at 65   

1936  On this day in history james Philip Dunn, composer, dies at 52   

1944  On this day in history death of jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49   

1947  Ernest Austin, composer, dies at 72 on July - 24.   

1954  On this day in history mary Church Terrell, educator/civil rights leader, dies at 90   

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1380  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint was born on this day in history.   

1660  On July - 24 birth of charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (d. 1718)   

1686  Benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9] was born on July - 24.   

1720  On July - 24 birth of louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik   

1725  On this day in history birth of john Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807)   

1738  Elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart) was born on this day in history.   

1757  Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825) was born on July - 24.   

1759  Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21) was born on July - 24.