Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history john von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies   

1453  On December - 24 john Dunstable, English composer, dies   

1524  On December - 24 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  On December - 24 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 this day in history.   

1813  Death of Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1740) on this day in history.   

1823  On December - 24 philipp Christoph Kayser, composer, dies at 68   

1862  On December - 24 joseph Funk, composer, dies at 84   

1863  W M Thackeray, writer, dies at 52 on December - 24.   

1865  On December - 24 death of sir Charles Lock Eastlake, British painter and writer (b. 1793)   

1868  On this day in history 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  Death of William John Macquorn Rankine, British physician and engenier (b. 1820) on December - 24.   

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 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 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  On this day in history eduard David, German minister (constitution of Weimar), dies at 67   

1932  Eyvind Alnaes, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1935  On December - 24 alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50   

1938  Death of Bruno Taut, German architect (b. 1880) on December - 24.   

1941  On this day in history death of siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858)   

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

1944  On this day in history joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer, dies at 66   

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0003  On December - 24 birth of galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69)   

1167  On this day in history birth of john "without a land", king of England (1199-1216)   

1389  On this day in history birth of john VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442)   

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

1491  Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (d. 1556) was born on December - 24.   

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  On December - 24 birth of constance of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1631)