Famous Deaths In December - 24
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
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 this day in history.
1257 On December - 24 death of john I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218)
1380 John von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies on December - 24.
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 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 this day in history.
1660 Mary I Henriette Stuart, queen of England, dies at 29 on this day in history.
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 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 On December - 24 edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, US Secretary of War (1861-65), dies at 55
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 On December - 24 louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian, dies at 85
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 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 Death of John Muir, British naturalist (b. 1838) on this day in history.
1930 Eduard David, German minister (constitution of Weimar), dies at 67 on this day in history.
1932 Eyvind Alnaes, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.
1935 On this day in history alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50
1938 Death of Bruno Taut, German architect (b. 1880) on December - 24.
1941 On December - 24 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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