Famous Deaths In December - 24
Tuesday, 08 October 2024
0427 On December - 24 death of archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople
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 John von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies on December - 24.
1453 John Dunstable, English composer, dies on this day in history.
1524 On December - 24 vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55
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 On December - 24 mary I Henriette Stuart, queen of England, dies at 29
1707 On this day in history 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 December - 24.
1862 Joseph Funk, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.
1863 On December - 24 w M Thackeray, writer, dies at 52
1865 Death of Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, British painter and writer (b. 1793) on December - 24.
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 December - 24 death of william John Macquorn Rankine, British physician and engenier (b. 1820)
1873 Death of Johns Hopkins, Baltimore philanthropist and businessman (b. 1795) on December - 24.
1885 Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian, dies at 85 on December - 24.
1889 Death of Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (b. 1819) on this day in history.
1898 On December - 24 eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41
1904 Juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor, dies at 55 on this day in history.
1907 On this day in history isidor Feinstein "Izzy" Stone, journalist (IF Stone's Weekly), dies
1908 On this day in history francois-Auguste Gevaert, Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at 80
1909 On December - 24 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 this day in history.
1932 On this day in history eyvind Alnaes, composer, dies at 60
1935 On this day in history alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50
1938 Death of Bruno Taut, German architect (b. 1880) on this day in history.
1941 On December - 24 death of siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858)
1942 On this day in history friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80
1944 On December - 24 joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer, dies at 66
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