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  Death of John I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218) on December - 24.   

1380  On this day in history john von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies   

1453  John Dunstable, English composer, dies on December - 24.   

1524  Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55 on December - 24.   

1541  On December - 24 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 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  On December - 24 philipp Christoph Kayser, composer, dies at 68   

1862  On December - 24 joseph Funk, composer, dies at 84   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 December - 24.   

1885  On this day in history louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian, dies at 85   

1889  On this day in history death of jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (b. 1819)   

1898  On December - 24 eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41   

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 December - 24.   

1914  Death of John Muir, British naturalist (b. 1838) on this day in history.   

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  On December - 24 alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50   

1938  On December - 24 death of bruno Taut, German architect (b. 1880)   

1941  On December - 24 death of siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858)   

1942  On December - 24 friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80   

1944  On December - 24 joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer, dies at 66   

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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  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 December - 24 birth of ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (d. 1556)   

1508  Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (d. 1567) was born on December - 24.   

1564  Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver was born on this day in history.   

1588  On this day in history birth of constance of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1631)