Famous Deaths Happened In December - 24

0427  On December - 24 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 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  John Dunstable, English composer, dies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  On December - 24 noel Coypel, French painter, dies at 78   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 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  On this day in history juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor, dies at 55   

1907  On December - 24 isidor Feinstein "Izzy" Stone, journalist (IF Stone's Weekly), dies   

1908  On this day in history francois-Auguste Gevaert, Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at 80   

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 December - 24.   

1930  On this day in history eduard David, German minister (constitution of Weimar), dies at 67   

1932  Eyvind Alnaes, composer, dies at 60 on December - 24.   

1935  On this day in history 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 December - 24 friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80   

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

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0003  On December - 24 birth of galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69)   

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  Thomas Murner, German writer (d.c. 1537) was born on this day in history.   

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  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.