Famous Deaths 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  On December - 24 death of john I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218)   

1380  On December - 24 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  On December - 24 maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies   

1660  Mary I Henriette Stuart, queen of England, dies at 29 on December - 24.   

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

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

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

1865  On December - 24 death of sir Charles Lock Eastlake, British painter and writer (b. 1793)   

1868  Death of Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802) on December - 24.   

1869  On this day in history 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  On December - 24 death of johns Hopkins, Baltimore philanthropist and businessman (b. 1795)   

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  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 December - 24.   

1909  Nicolaas G Pierson, director Suriname/Dutch Bank, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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  Joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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0003  On December - 24 birth of galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69)   

1167  John "without a land", king of England (1199-1216) was born on this day in history.   

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  Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (d. 1567) was born on December - 24.   

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.