Famous Deaths Happened In December - 24
Friday, 18 July 2025
0427 On this day in history death of archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople
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 On December - 24 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 December - 24 andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61
1548 On this day in history maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies
1660 Mary I Henriette Stuart, queen of England, dies at 29 on December - 24.
1707 On this day in history noel Coypel, French painter, dies at 78
1813 On December - 24 death of empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1740)
1823 Philipp Christoph Kayser, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1862 On this day in history joseph Funk, composer, dies at 84
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 December - 24.
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 On December - 24 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 December - 24.
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 this day in history.
1904 On December - 24 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 December - 24 nicolaas G Pierson, director Suriname/Dutch Bank, dies at 80
1914 On December - 24 death of john Muir, British naturalist (b. 1838)
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 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 On this day in history friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80
1944 Joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.
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