Famous Deaths Happened In December - 24

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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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  John VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442) was born on December - 24.   

1475  Thomas Murner, German writer (d.c. 1537) was born on December - 24.   

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  Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver was born on this day in history.   

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