Famous Deaths In December - 24

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  On this day in history john von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies   

1453  John Dunstable, English composer, dies on this day in history.   

1524  On this day in history 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  Mary I Henriette Stuart, queen of England, dies at 29 on December - 24.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1885  On December - 24 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 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  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 December - 24 eduard David, German minister (constitution of Weimar), dies at 67   

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

1935  Alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

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 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  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 this day in history.   

1475  Thomas Murner, German writer (d.c. 1537) was born on December - 24.   

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

1588  On this day in history birth of constance of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1631)