August 24 :: Historical Deaths

Famous Deaths

• 79 - Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)


• 1042 - Michael V, Byzantine Emperor) (b. 1015)


• 1103 - King Magnus III of Norway (b. 1073)


• 1217 - Eustace the Monk, French mercenary and pirate (bc. 1170)


• 1540 - Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)


• 1542 - Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)


• 1572 - Victims of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre:
  
  
  
  • 1572 - Gaspard de Coligny, French Huguenot leader (b. 1519)
  
  
  • 1572 - Pierre de la Ramée, French humanist (b. 1515)
  
  
  • 1572 - Charles de Téligny, French Huguenot soldier (bc. 1535)