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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Dec 24 1167

    John Lackland King of England (1199-1216) born in Beaumont Palace Oxford (d. 1216)

    Dec 24 1389

    John VI Duke of Brittany born in Vannes France (d. 1442)

    Dec 24 1475

    Thomas Murner German writer born in Obernai France (d. 1537)

    Dec 24 1491

    Ignatius of Loyola Spanish founder of the Jesuit order born in Azpeitia Spain (d. 1556)

    Dec 24 1508

    Pietro Carnesecchi Italian humanist born in Florence Italy (d. 1567)

    Dec 24 1564

    Abraham Bloemaert Dutch painter & printmaker born in Gorinchem (d. 1651)

    Dec 24 1588

    Constance of Austria queen of Poland born in Graz Austria (d. 1631)

    Dec 24 1609

    Philip Warwick English writer and politician born in Westminster United Kingdom (d. 1683)

    Dec 24 1635

    Mariana of Austria second wife of king Philip IV of Spain born in Wiener Neustadt Austria (d. 1696)

    Dec 24 1653

    Georg Motz German composer born in Augsburg Germany (d. 1733)

    Dec 24 1679

    Domenico Natale Sarro Italian composer born in Trani Italy (d. 1744)

    Dec 24 1689

    Frans van Mieris the Younger Dutch painter & historian born in Leiden Netherlands (d. 1763)

    Dec 24 1698

    William Warburton English writer & Bishop of Gloucester born in Newark-on-Trent United Kingdom (d. 1779)

    Dec 24 1714

    Rainieri de Calzabigi Italian poet & librettist born in Livorno Italy (d. 1795)

    Dec 24 1716

    Patrice F earl De Neney South Netherlands chairman of Secret Council

    Dec 24 1719

    Johann Christoph Altnikol German organist & composer (Bachs son-in-law & copyist) born in Sulikw Poland (d. 1759)

    Dec 24 1724

    Johann Conrad Ammann Swiss physician & instructor of non-verbal deaf persons born in Schaffhausen Netherlands (d. 1811)

    Dec 24 1726

    Johann Ernst Hartmann Danish organist & composer born in Glogw Poland (d. 1793)

    Dec 24 1745

    Benjamin Rush American physician & politician (signed the Declaration of Independence) born in Byberry Philadelphia (d. 1813)

    Dec 24 1754

    George Crabbe English poet (Everlasting Mercy) born in Aldeburgh England (d. 1832)

    Dec 24 1761

    Selim III Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1789-1808) born in Topkap Palace Istanbul Ottoman Empire (d. 1808)

    Dec 24 1761

    Jean-Louis Pons French astronomer (greatest visual comet discoverer of all time) born in Peyre Hautes-Alpes (d. 1831)

    Dec 24 1773

    Joseph Wlfl Austrian pianist & composer born in Salzburg Austria (d. 1812)

    Dec 24 1784

    Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia born in Saint Petersburg Russia (d. 1803)

    Dec 24 1791

    Eugne Scribe French dramatist (Bertrand et Raton) born in Paris France (d. 1861)

    Dec 24 1798

    Adam Mickiewicz Polish national poet (Pan Tadeusz) born in Zavosse Belarus (d. 1855)

    Dec 24 1810

    Wilhelm Marstrand Danish painter & illustrator born in Copenhagen Denmark (d. 1873)

    Dec 24 1812

    Henry Russell English pianist & composer born in Sheerness United Kingdom (d. 1900)

    Dec 24 1812

    Karl Eduard Zachariae German jurist born in Heidelberg Germany (d. 1894)

    Dec 24 1813

    Henry Wellington Greatorex English-American musician born in Burton upon Trent United Kingdom (d. 1853)

    Dec 24 1818

    James Prescott Joule English physicist (the law of conservation of energy) born in Salford United Kingdom (d. 1889)

    Dec 24 1822

    Charles Hermite French mathematician (proof that e is transcendental) born in Dieuze France (d. 1901)

    Dec 24 1824

    Peter Cornelius German composer & writer born in Mainz Germany (d. 1874)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Dec 24 1294 Cardinal Benedetto Gaetani chosen as Pope Boniface VIII

    Dec 24 1476 400 Burgundian soldiers freeze to death during siege of Nancy

    Dec 24 1515 Thomas Wolsey appointed Lord Chancellor of England

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