Famous Deaths In December - 24
Thursday, 08 June 2023
0427 On this day in history death of archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople
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 December - 24.
1380 On December - 24 john von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies
1453 On this day in history john Dunstable, English composer, dies
1524 On December - 24 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 On December - 24 maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies
1660 On December - 24 mary I Henriette Stuart, queen of England, dies at 29
1707 On December - 24 noel Coypel, French painter, dies at 78
1813 Death of Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1740) on December - 24.
1823 Philipp Christoph Kayser, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.
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 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 December - 24.
1873 Death of Johns Hopkins, Baltimore philanthropist and businessman (b. 1795) on this day in history.
1885 On this day in history louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian, dies at 85
1889 Death of Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (b. 1819) on December - 24.
1898 Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41 on December - 24.
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 December - 24.
1909 On this day in history nicolaas G Pierson, director Suriname/Dutch Bank, dies at 80
1914 On this day in history death of john Muir, British naturalist (b. 1838)
1930 On December - 24 eduard David, German minister (constitution of Weimar), dies at 67
1932 On this day in history 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 December - 24.
1941 On this day in history death of siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858)
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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