Famous Deaths In December - 24

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

1069  Godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies on December - 24.  

1257  Death of John I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218) on this day in history.  

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

1453  On this day in history john Dunstable, English composer, dies  

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 December - 24.  

1548  On December - 24 maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies  

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 December - 24 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  On December - 24 w M Thackeray, writer, dies at 52  

1865  On this day in history death of sir Charles Lock Eastlake, British painter and writer (b. 1793)  

1868  On this day in history death of adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802)  

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

1872  Death of William John Macquorn Rankine, British physician and engenier (b. 1820) on this day in history.  

1873  On December - 24 death of johns Hopkins, Baltimore philanthropist and businessman (b. 1795)  

1885  On this day in history 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  On December - 24 eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41  

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

1907  On this day in history 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  Nicolaas G Pierson, director Suriname/Dutch Bank, dies at 80 on December - 24.  

1914  On December - 24 death of john Muir, British naturalist (b. 1838)  

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

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

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

1942  On December - 24 friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80  

1944  On December - 24 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  On this day in history birth of john VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442)  

1475  Thomas Murner, German writer (d.c. 1537) was born on this day in history.  

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 December - 24.  

1564  On this day in history birth of abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver  

1588  On this day in history birth of constance of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1631)