Famous Deaths Happened In December - 24
Thursday, 19 June 2025
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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