Famous Deaths Happened In December - 24

0427  Death of Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople on this day in history.   

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 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 December - 24 andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61   

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

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

1707  On December - 24 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 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 this day in history death of sir Charles Lock Eastlake, British painter and writer (b. 1793)   

1868  On December - 24 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 December - 24.   

1872  On December - 24 death of william John Macquorn Rankine, British physician and engenier (b. 1820)   

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

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 December - 24.   

1898  Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41 on December - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

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 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  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  Death of Siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858) on December - 24.   

1942  Friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80 on December - 24.   

1944  Joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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0003  Galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1475  On December - 24 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  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)