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Jane Seymour became queen following the execution of Henry's second wife, Anne Boleyn, who was accused by Henry of adultery after failing to produce a male heir.
Notable Deaths on October 24
1537 — Jane Seymour
English queen and wife of Henry VIII (born c. 1508)
October 24 has 121 recorded notable deaths across history, from 935 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
121 source records
935 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on October 24
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- 1360 The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War. Source
- 1813 Treaty of Gulistan: The Russo-Persian War of 1804-1813 comes to a close with the signing of the Treaty of Gulistan, under which terms Qajar Iran agrees to cede the bulk of its Caucasian territories, which comprise much of modern Dagestan, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, to the Russian Empire. Source
- 1648 The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War. Source
- 1894 First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Jiuliancheng: Under the command of General Yamagata Aritomo, the Imperial Japanese Army covertly crosses the Yalu River into Qing territory and launches an assault on the fortifications at Hushan. Source
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, he became an Instagram contributor, amassing 5.
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Fats Domino's first single "The Fat Man" is cited by some historians as the first rock and roll single and the first to sell more than 1 million copies.
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Webster was one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, arguing over 200 cases before the United States Supreme Court in his career.
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Donald Earle Messick was an American voice actor, known for his performances in Hanna-Barbera cartoons.
More major people who died on October 24
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2022
Leslie Jordan
American actor, writer, and singer (born 1955)
Leslie Allen Jordan was an American actor, comedian, writer, and singer.
2017
Fats Domino
American pianist and singer-songwriter (born 1928)
Antoine Caliste "Fats" Domino Jr. was an American singer-songwriter and pianist. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, Domino sold more than 65 million records.
1852
Daniel Webster
American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (born 1782)
Daniel Webster was an American lawyer, statesman, and diplomat who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the 14th and 19th U.S.
1997
Don Messick
American voice actor and singer (born 1926)
Donald Earle Messick was an American voice actor, known for his performances in Hanna-Barbera cartoons.
2018
Tony Joe White
American singer/songwriter (born 1943)
Tony Joe White, nicknamed the Swamp Fox, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie" and for "Rainy Night in Georgia", which he wrote but which was first made popular…
1970
Richard Hofstadter
American historian and author (born 1916)
Richard Hofstadter was an American historian and public intellectual. Hofstadter was the DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia University.
1989
Jerzy Kukuczka
Polish mountaineer (born 1948)
Józef Jerzy Kukuczka was a Polish mountaineer, regarded as one of the greatest high-altitude climbers in history.
1375
Valdemar IV
Danish king (born 1320)
Valdemar IV Atterdag (the Restorer), Valdemar Christoffersen or Waldemar (c. 1320 – 24 October 1375) was King of Denmark from 1340 to 1375.
1983
Jiang Wen-Ye
Taiwanese composer and educator (born 1910)
Kang Bûn-iā, Chiang Wen-yeh or Jiang Wenye was a Taiwan-born composer, active mainly in Japan and later in China. He was born in Dadaocheng, Taipei, Taiwan and died in Beijing.
1971
Carl Ruggles
American composer (born 1876)
Carl Ruggles was an American composer, painter and teacher. His pieces employed "dissonant counterpoint", a term coined by fellow composer and musicologist Charles Seeger to describe Ruggles' music.
2015
Michael Beetham
English commander and pilot (born 1923)
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Michael James Beetham, was a Second World War bomber pilot and a high-ranking commander in the Royal Air Force from the 1960s to the 1980s.
2004
Ricky Hendrick
American race car driver and businessman (born 1980)
Joseph Riddick "Ricky" Hendrick IV was an American stock car racing driver and partial owner at Hendrick Motorsports, a NASCAR team that his father Rick Hendrick founded.
1994
Raul Julia
Puerto Rican-American actor and singer (born 1940)
Raúl Rafael Carlos Juliá y Arcelay was a Puerto Rican actor and humanitarian. He was best known for his intense and varied roles on stage and screen.
1633
Jean Titelouze
French organist and composer (born 1562/3)
Jean (Jehan) Titelouze was a French Catholic priest, composer, poet and organist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. He was a canon and organist at Rouen Cathedral.
1938
Ernst Barlach
German sculptor and playwright (born 1870)
Ernst Heinrich Barlach was a German expressionist sculptor, medallist, printmaker and writer.
1898
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
French painter and illustrator (born 1824)
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes was a French painter known for his mural painting, who came to be known as "the painter for France".
1993
Bahrija Nuri Hadžić
Bosnian opera singer (born 1904)
Bahrija Nuri Hadžić was a Bosnian soprano and prima donna who is regarded as one of the first Yugoslav Muslim opera singers.
1991
Gene Roddenberry
American captain, screenwriter, and producer, created Star Trek (born 1921)
Eugene "Gene" Wesley Roddenberry Sr. was an American television screenwriter and producer who created the science fiction series and fictional universe Star Trek.
2011
John McCarthy
American computer scientist and academic, developed the Lisp programming language (born 1927)
John McCarthy was an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist.