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 this day in history.   

1257  On December - 24 death of john I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218)   

1380  John von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies on this day in history.   

1453  On this day in history john Dunstable, English composer, dies   

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

1541  On this day in history 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  On December - 24 mary I Henriette Stuart, queen of England, dies at 29   

1707  Noel Coypel, French painter, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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

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  On December - 24 edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, US Secretary of War (1861-65), dies at 55   

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

1873  On December - 24 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  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  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 this day in history.   

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 December - 24 eyvind Alnaes, composer, dies at 60   

1935  Alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50 on December - 24.   

1938  On this day in history death of bruno Taut, German architect (b. 1880)   

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

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

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

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0003  On this day in history birth of galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69)   

1167  On December - 24 birth of john "without a land", king of England (1199-1216)   

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

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

1564  On December - 24 birth of abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver   

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