Famous Deaths In December - 24
Thursday, 17 October 2024
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 this day in history.
1380 On this day in history john von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies
1453 On December - 24 john Dunstable, English composer, dies
1524 On this day in history vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55
1541 On December - 24 andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61
1548 On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 Joseph Funk, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.
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 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 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 December - 24.
1885 On December - 24 louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian, dies at 85
1889 Death of Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (b. 1819) on this day in history.
1898 On this day in history eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41
1904 On this day in history juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor, dies at 55
1907 Isidor Feinstein "Izzy" Stone, journalist (IF Stone's Weekly), dies on December - 24.
1908 On this day in history francois-Auguste Gevaert, Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at 80
1909 On December - 24 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 Eduard David, German minister (constitution of Weimar), dies at 67 on this day in history.
1932 Eyvind Alnaes, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.
1935 Alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50 on December - 24.
1938 Death of Bruno Taut, German architect (b. 1880) on this day in history.
1941 On this day in history death of siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858)
1942 Friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.
1944 On December - 24 joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer, dies at 66
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