Famous Deaths Happened 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  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  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 December - 24.   

1660  On December - 24 mary I Henriette Stuart, queen of England, dies at 29   

1707  On this day in history noel Coypel, French painter, dies at 78   

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 December - 24.   

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 December - 24.   

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

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  Juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor, dies at 55 on December - 24.   

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

1908  On December - 24 francois-Auguste Gevaert, Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at 80   

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

1935  On December - 24 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 December - 24.   

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

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

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0003  Galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69) was born on this day in history.   

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

1389  On December - 24 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  Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (d. 1556) was born on December - 24.   

1508  On December - 24 birth of pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (d. 1567)   

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

1588  On December - 24 birth of constance of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1631)