Famous Deaths Happened In December - 24

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

1069  On December - 24 godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies   

1257  Death of John I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218) on this day in history.   

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 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  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  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  Joseph Funk, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history w M Thackeray, writer, dies at 52   

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

1868  Death of Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802) on December - 24.   

1869  Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, US Secretary of War (1861-65), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history 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  Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian, dies at 85 on December - 24.   

1889  Death of Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (b. 1819) on December - 24.   

1898  On this day in history eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41   

1904  On December - 24 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 December - 24 francois-Auguste Gevaert, Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at 80   

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

1914  On this day in history death of john Muir, British naturalist (b. 1838)   

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 December - 24.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1389  On December - 24 birth of john VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442)   

1475  On December - 24 birth of thomas Murner, German writer (d.c. 1537)   

1491  Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (d. 1556) was born on this day in history.   

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

1564  Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver was born on December - 24.   

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