Famous Deaths In December - 24
Saturday, 23 January 2021
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 On December - 24 death of john I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218)
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 Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55 on December - 24.
1541 Andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61 on this day in history.
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 Noel Coypel, French painter, dies at 78 on December - 24.
1813 Death of Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1740) on this day in history.
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 On this day in history w M Thackeray, writer, dies at 52
1865 Death of Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, British painter and writer (b. 1793) on this day in history.
1868 Death of Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802) on this day in history.
1869 On this day in history edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, US Secretary of War (1861-65), dies at 55
1872 On this day in history death of william John Macquorn Rankine, British physician and engenier (b. 1820)
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 Death of Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (b. 1819) on December - 24.
1898 On December - 24 eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41
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 December - 24 francois-Auguste Gevaert, Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at 80
1909 Nicolaas G Pierson, director Suriname/Dutch Bank, dies at 80 on December - 24.
1914 Death of John Muir, British naturalist (b. 1838) on December - 24.
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 Alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.
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 On December - 24 friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80
1944 Joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer, dies at 66 on December - 24.
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