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Famous Deaths In December - 24

Sunday, 19 May 2013

1069 On this day in history godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies

1257 On this day in history death of john I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218)

1380 On this day in history john von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies

1453 John Dunstable, English composer, dies on this day in history.

1524 Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55 on this day in history.

1541 On this day in history andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61

1548 Maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies on this day in history.

1660 On this day in history mary I Henriette Stuart, queen of England, dies at 29

1707 Noel Coypel, French painter, dies at 78 on this day in history.

1813 On this day in history death of empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1740)

1823 On this day in history philipp Christoph Kayser, composer, dies at 68

1862 Joseph Funk, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.

1863 W M Thackeray, writer, dies at 52 on this day in history.

1865 Death of Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, British painter and writer (b. 1793) on this day in history.

1868 Death of Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802) on this day in history.

1869 On this day in history edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, US Secretary of War (1861-65), dies at 55

1872 On this day in history death of william John Macquorn Rankine, British physician and engenier (b. 1820)

1873 Death of Johns Hopkins, Baltimore philanthropist and businessman (b. 1795) on this day in history.

1885 Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian, dies at 85 on this day in history.

1889 On this day in history death of jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (b. 1819)

1898 Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.

1904 On this day in history juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor, dies at 55

1907 Isidor Feinstein "Izzy" Stone, journalist (IF Stone's Weekly), dies on this day in history.

1908 Francois-Auguste Gevaert, Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.

1909 On this day in history nicolaas G Pierson, director Suriname/Dutch Bank, dies at 80

1914 Death of John Muir, British naturalist (b. 1838) on this day in history.

1930 On this day in history eduard David, German minister (constitution of Weimar), dies at 67

1932 On this day in history eyvind Alnaes, composer, dies at 60

1935 On this day in history alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50

1938 On this day in history death of bruno Taut, German architect (b. 1880)

1941 Death of Siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858) on this day in history.

1942 On this day in history friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80

1944 On this day in history joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer, dies at 66

1945 Francisco Pujol, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.

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Famous People Born On This Day In History

1167 On this day in history birth of john "without a land", king of England (1199-1216)

1389 John VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442) was born on this day in history.

1475 On this day in history birth of thomas Murner, German writer (d.c. 1537)

1491 Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (d. 1556) was born on this day in history.

1508 Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (d. 1567) was born on this day in history.

1564 Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver was born on this day in history.

1588 Constance of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1631) was born on this day in history.

1609 On this day in history birth of philip Warwick, English writer and politician (d. 1683)