Famous Deaths Happened In December - 24

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

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

1453  John Dunstable, English composer, dies on December - 24.   

1524  On December - 24 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  On this day in history maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies   

1660  On this day in history mary I Henriette Stuart, queen of England, dies at 29   

1707  On December - 24 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 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 this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history death of william John Macquorn Rankine, British physician and engenier (b. 1820)   

1873  On this day in history 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 December - 24.   

1904  On this day in history juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor, dies at 55   

1907  Isidor Feinstein "Izzy" Stone, journalist (IF Stone's Weekly), dies on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history francois-Auguste Gevaert, Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at 80   

1909  On this day in history nicolaas G Pierson, director Suriname/Dutch Bank, dies at 80   

1914  Death of John Muir, British naturalist (b. 1838) on December - 24.   

1930  Eduard David, German minister (constitution of Weimar), dies at 67 on December - 24.   

1932  On December - 24 eyvind Alnaes, composer, dies at 60   

1935  On December - 24 alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50   

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  Friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80 on December - 24.   

1944  On this day in history joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer, dies at 66   

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

1167  John "without a land", king of England (1199-1216) was born on this day in history.   

1389  John VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442) was born on this day in history.   

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

1491  On this day in history birth of ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (d. 1556)   

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

1564  On December - 24 birth of abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver   

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