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 December - 24.  

1257  Death of John I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218) on December - 24.  

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 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  On December - 24 maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies  

1660  On December - 24 mary I Henriette Stuart, queen of England, dies at 29  

1707  On December - 24 noel Coypel, French painter, dies at 78  

1813  Death of Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1740) on December - 24.  

1823  Philipp Christoph Kayser, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1862  On December - 24 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  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  On this day in history 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  Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41 on December - 24.  

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

1907  Isidor Feinstein "Izzy" Stone, journalist (IF Stone's Weekly), dies on this day in history.  

1908  Francois-Auguste Gevaert, Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at 80 on December - 24.  

1909  On this day in history nicolaas G Pierson, director Suriname/Dutch Bank, dies at 80  

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

1930  On December - 24 eduard David, German minister (constitution of Weimar), dies at 67  

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

1935  Alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50 on December - 24.  

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  Friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80 on December - 24.  

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 December - 24.  

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

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  On December - 24 birth of ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (d. 1556)  

1508  On December - 24 birth of pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (d. 1567)  

1564  On this day in history birth of abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver  

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