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 this day in history.  

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

1380  John von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies on December - 24.  

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

1548  Maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies on December - 24.  

1660  On this day in history mary I Henriette Stuart, queen of England, dies at 29  

1707  Noel Coypel, French painter, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

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1813  On this day in history death of empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1740)  

1823  Philipp Christoph Kayser, composer, dies at 68 on December - 24.  

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

1863  W M Thackeray, writer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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

1872  Death of William John Macquorn Rankine, British physician and engenier (b. 1820) on this day in history.  

1873  Death of Johns Hopkins, Baltimore philanthropist and businessman (b. 1795) on this day in history.  

1885  On December - 24 louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian, dies at 85  

1889  On December - 24 death of jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (b. 1819)  

1898  Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

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  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 December - 24 death of john Muir, British naturalist (b. 1838)  

1930  Eduard David, German minister (constitution of Weimar), dies at 67 on December - 24.  

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

1935  On this day in history 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 December - 24.  

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  Galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69) was born on this day in history.  

1167  On December - 24 birth of john "without a land", king of England (1199-1216)  

1389  On December - 24 birth of john VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442)  

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

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

1508  On this day in history birth of pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (d. 1567)  

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

1588  On December - 24 birth of constance of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1631)