Famous Deaths Happened In December - 24

0427  Death of Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople on this day in history.   

1069  On this day in history godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies   

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

1380  John von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies on this day in history.   

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

1524  Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55 on December - 24.   

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  Mary I Henriette Stuart, queen of England, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

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

1862  Joseph Funk, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian, dies at 85   

1889  On this day in history death of jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (b. 1819)   

1898  On this day in history eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41   

1904  On December - 24 juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor, dies at 55   

1907  On December - 24 isidor Feinstein "Izzy" Stone, journalist (IF Stone's Weekly), dies   

1908  Francois-Auguste Gevaert, Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1941  Death of Siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858) on this day in history.   

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

1944  On December - 24 joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer, dies at 66   

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0003  On this day in history birth of galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69)   

1167  John "without a land", king of England (1199-1216) was born on December - 24.   

1389  John VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442) was born on December - 24.   

1475  On December - 24 birth of thomas Murner, German writer (d.c. 1537)   

1491  Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (d. 1556) was born on this day in history.   

1508  Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (d. 1567) was born on this day in history.   

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

1588  Constance of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1631) was born on this day in history.