Famous Deaths Happened In December - 24

0427  Death of Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople on December - 24.   

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

1257  On December - 24 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  On this day in history john Dunstable, English composer, dies   

1524  On December - 24 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 December - 24 maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies   

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

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

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

1823  Philipp Christoph Kayser, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1862  Joseph Funk, composer, dies at 84 on December - 24.   

1863  On December - 24 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  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  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  On December - 24 louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian, dies at 85   

1889  On December - 24 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1938  Death of Bruno Taut, German architect (b. 1880) on December - 24.   

1941  On this day in history death of siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858)   

1942  On this day in history friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80   

1944  On this day in history joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer, dies at 66   

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0003  Galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69) was born on December - 24.   

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  Thomas Murner, German writer (d.c. 1537) was born on December - 24.   

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

1508  On this day in history birth of pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (d. 1567)   

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

1588  Constance of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1631) was born on December - 24.