Famous Deaths In December - 24

0427  Death of Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople on this day in history.   

1069  On this day in history godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies   

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

1380  On this day in history john von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies   

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  Andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61 on December - 24.   

1548  Maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies on this day in history.   

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  Philipp Christoph Kayser, composer, dies at 68 on December - 24.   

1862  Joseph Funk, composer, dies at 84 on December - 24.   

1863  W M Thackeray, writer, dies at 52 on December - 24.   

1865  Death of Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, British painter and writer (b. 1793) on this day in history.   

1868  On December - 24 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 December - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1889  Death of Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (b. 1819) on this day in history.   

1898  Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1904  Juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor, dies at 55 on December - 24.   

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  On December - 24 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 this day in history eduard David, German minister (constitution of Weimar), dies at 67   

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  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 December - 24.   

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0003  Galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69) was born on December - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1475  On this day in history birth of thomas Murner, German writer (d.c. 1537)   

1491  Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (d. 1556) was born on this day in history.   

1508  Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (d. 1567) was born on this day in history.   

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

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