Famous Deaths Happened 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 December - 24.   

1257  On this day in history 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 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 December - 24 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.   

1813  Death of Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1740) on this day in history.   

1823  Philipp Christoph Kayser, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1862  Joseph Funk, composer, dies at 84 on December - 24.   

1863  On December - 24 w M Thackeray, writer, dies at 52   

1865  On this day in history death of sir Charles Lock Eastlake, British painter and writer (b. 1793)   

1868  On this day in history death of adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802)   

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 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  Death of Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (b. 1819) on this day in history.   

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

1914  On December - 24 death of john Muir, British naturalist (b. 1838)   

1930  On this day in history eduard David, German minister (constitution of Weimar), dies at 67   

1932  On December - 24 eyvind Alnaes, composer, dies at 60   

1935  On December - 24 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 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 December - 24.   

1389  John VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442) was born on this day in history.   

1475  On this day in history birth of thomas Murner, German writer (d.c. 1537)   

1491  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver   

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