Famous Deaths Happened In December - 24

0427  Death of Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople on this day in history.   

1069  On December - 24 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  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 this day in history vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55   

1541  Andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61 on this day in history.   

1548  Maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies on December - 24.   

1660  Mary I Henriette Stuart, queen of England, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

1707  Noel Coypel, French painter, dies at 78 on December - 24.   

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

1823  On December - 24 philipp Christoph Kayser, composer, dies at 68   

1862  On December - 24 joseph Funk, composer, dies at 84   

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

1865  On December - 24 death of sir Charles Lock Eastlake, British painter and writer (b. 1793)   

1868  On December - 24 death of adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802)   

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

1872  On December - 24 death of william John Macquorn Rankine, British physician and engenier (b. 1820)   

1873  On this day in history death of johns Hopkins, Baltimore philanthropist and businessman (b. 1795)   

1885  On December - 24 louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian, dies at 85   

1889  On December - 24 death of jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (b. 1819)   

1898  Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41 on December - 24.   

1904  Juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1907  Isidor Feinstein "Izzy" Stone, journalist (IF Stone's Weekly), dies on December - 24.   

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

1909  Nicolaas G Pierson, director Suriname/Dutch Bank, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1914  Death of John Muir, British naturalist (b. 1838) on December - 24.   

1930  Eduard David, German minister (constitution of Weimar), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1932  Eyvind Alnaes, composer, dies at 60 on December - 24.   

1935  Alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50 on December - 24.   

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

1941  Death of Siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858) on December - 24.   

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

1944  Joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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0003  On December - 24 birth of galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69)   

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

1389  On this day in history birth of john VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442)   

1475  On this day in history 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  On December - 24 birth of pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (d. 1567)   

1564  On December - 24 birth of abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver   

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