Famous Deaths Happened In December - 24

0427  On this day in history death of archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople   

1069  On this day in history godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies   

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

1548  On this day in history maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies   

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 December - 24.   

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

1823  On this day in history philipp Christoph Kayser, composer, dies at 68   

1862  On this day in history joseph Funk, composer, dies at 84   

1863  W M Thackeray, writer, dies at 52 on December - 24.   

1865  Death of Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, British painter and writer (b. 1793) on this day in history.   

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 December - 24.   

1873  Death of Johns Hopkins, Baltimore philanthropist and businessman (b. 1795) on December - 24.   

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

1904  Juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor, dies at 55 on December - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1909  Nicolaas G Pierson, director Suriname/Dutch Bank, dies at 80 on December - 24.   

1914  Death of John Muir, British naturalist (b. 1838) on December - 24.   

1930  On December - 24 eduard David, German minister (constitution of Weimar), dies at 67   

1932  On this day in history eyvind Alnaes, composer, dies at 60   

1935  Alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

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  Friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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  John "without a land", king of England (1199-1216) was born on December - 24.   

1389  On this day in history birth of john VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442)   

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

1491  Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (d. 1556) was born on December - 24.   

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.