Famous Deaths Happened In July - 24

1115  On July - 24 death of matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046)   

1240  On this day in history death of konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights   

1345  Death of Jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered on this day in history.   

1568  On this day in history death of prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545)   

1594  On July - 24 death of john Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544)   

1652  On this day in history johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32   

1712  Cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies on July - 24.   

1739  Benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday on this day in history.   

1756  George Vertue, engraver, dies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history joseph Schuster, composer, dies at 63   

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

1826  Jacob Kimball, composer, dies at 65 on July - 24.   

1831  Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

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

1842  On July - 24 john Sell Cotman, landscape painter, dies   

1846  Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer/choir master, dies at 81 on July - 24.   

1862  Martin Van Buren, 8th pres (1837-41), dies in Kinderhook NY at 79 on July - 24.   

1865  On July - 24 johan Filip von Schantz, composer, dies at 30   

1868  George Cattermole, painter/illustrator, dies on this day in history.   

1876  Thomas Molleson Mudie, composer, dies at 66 on July - 24.   

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

1900  On July - 24 death of ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59   

1908  On this day in history death of vicente Acosta, Salvadoran poet (b. the same day 1867)   

1910  Death of Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841) on July - 24.   

1927  On July - 24 death of ryÅ«nosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (b. 1892)   

1931  Marie WF Treub, Dutch economist/minister of finance, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history ernest Austin, composer, dies at 72   

1954  On July - 24 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  Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (d. 1718) was born on this day in history.   

1686  On this day in history birth of benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9]   

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

1725  On July - 24 birth of john Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807)   

1738  On July - 24 birth of elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart)   

1757  Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825) was born on this day in history.   

1759  On this day in history birth of victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21)