Famous Deaths In December - 24

0427  On this day in history death of archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople  

1069  Godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies on this day in history.  

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

1380  On December - 24 john von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies  

1453  On this day in history john Dunstable, English composer, dies  

1524  On this day in history vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55  

1541  On December - 24 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  On this day in history mary I Henriette Stuart, queen of England, dies at 29  

1707  On this day in history noel Coypel, French painter, dies at 78  

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1813  On this day in history death of empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1740)  

1823  On this day in history philipp Christoph Kayser, composer, dies at 68  

1862  On this day in history joseph Funk, composer, dies at 84  

1863  W M Thackeray, writer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1865  On this day in history death of sir Charles Lock Eastlake, British painter and writer (b. 1793)  

1868  Death of Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802) on December - 24.  

1869  Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, US Secretary of War (1861-65), dies at 55 on December - 24.  

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

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  On this day in history death of jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (b. 1819)  

1898  Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41 on December - 24.  

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

1909  Nicolaas G Pierson, director Suriname/Dutch Bank, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1914  On this day in history death of john Muir, British naturalist (b. 1838)  

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

1932  On this day in history eyvind Alnaes, composer, dies at 60  

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  Death of Siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858) on December - 24.  

1942  On December - 24 friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80  

1944  Joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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0003  Galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69) was born on this day in history.  

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 December - 24.  

1475  Thomas Murner, German writer (d.c. 1537) was born on this day in history.  

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 December - 24.  

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

1588  Constance of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1631) was born on December - 24.