Who died on April 24

81 people with a Wikipedia article died on April 24, including Petronille de Chemillé, Gertrude of Austria, Jorge Manrique. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.

47 documented historical events happened on April 24, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: John Campbell released the first issue of The Boston News-Letter, the first continuously published newspaper in British North America. On the same day, in another year: The Library of Congress (building pictured), the de facto national library of the United States, was established as part of an act of Congress providing for the transfer of the nation's capital from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.