Famous Deaths In December - 24

0427  On December - 24 death of archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople  

1069  On December - 24 godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies  

1257  On this day in history death of john I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218)  

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

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  Andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61 on this day in history.  

1548  On this day in history maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies  

1660  Mary I Henriette Stuart, queen of England, dies at 29 on this day in history.  

1707  Noel Coypel, French painter, dies at 78 on December - 24.  

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

1863  On this day in history w M Thackeray, writer, dies at 52  

1865  Death of Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, British painter and writer (b. 1793) on this day in history.  

1868  Death of Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802) on this day in history.  

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

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

1873  On this day in history death of johns Hopkins, Baltimore philanthropist and businessman (b. 1795)  

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

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

1907  Isidor Feinstein "Izzy" Stone, journalist (IF Stone's Weekly), dies on December - 24.  

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  Death of John Muir, British naturalist (b. 1838) on this day in history.  

1930  Eduard David, German minister (constitution of Weimar), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1932  Eyvind Alnaes, composer, dies at 60 on December - 24.  

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

1938  On December - 24 death of bruno Taut, German architect (b. 1880)  

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

1942  On this day in history friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80  

1944  Joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer, dies at 66 on December - 24.  

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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  On December - 24 birth of john VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442)  

1475  On this day in history 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  On December - 24 birth of pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (d. 1567)  

1564  Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver was born on this day in history.  

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