Famous Deaths In December - 24

0427  Death of Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople on December - 24.   

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

1257  On December - 24 death of john I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218)   

1380  John von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies on this day in history.   

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

1524  On December - 24 vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55   

1541  On December - 24 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  Mary I Henriette Stuart, queen of England, dies at 29 on December - 24.   

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 December - 24.   

1863  On this day in history w M Thackeray, writer, dies at 52   

1865  Death of Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, British painter and writer (b. 1793) on December - 24.   

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

1869  On December - 24 edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, US Secretary of War (1861-65), dies at 55   

1872  Death of William John Macquorn Rankine, British physician and engenier (b. 1820) on December - 24.   

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  Death of Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (b. 1819) on this day in history.   

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

1904  On December - 24 juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor, dies at 55   

1907  On December - 24 isidor Feinstein "Izzy" Stone, journalist (IF Stone's Weekly), dies   

1908  On this day in history francois-Auguste Gevaert, Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at 80   

1909  On December - 24 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  Eduard David, German minister (constitution of Weimar), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1932  On December - 24 eyvind Alnaes, composer, dies at 60   

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

1938  Death of Bruno Taut, German architect (b. 1880) on this day in history.   

1941  On December - 24 death of siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858)   

1942  Friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80 on December - 24.   

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

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0003  Galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69) was born on December - 24.   

1167  John "without a land", king of England (1199-1216) was born on this day in history.   

1389  John VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442) was born on December - 24.   

1475  On December - 24 birth of thomas Murner, German writer (d.c. 1537)   

1491  On December - 24 birth of ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (d. 1556)   

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

1564  Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver was born on December - 24.   

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