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John Lackland King of England (1199-1216) born in Beaumont Palace Oxford (d. 1216)
John VI Duke of Brittany born in Vannes France (d. 1442)
Thomas Murner German writer born in Obernai France (d. 1537)
Ignatius of Loyola Spanish founder of the Jesuit order born in Azpeitia Spain (d. 1556)
Pietro Carnesecchi Italian humanist born in Florence Italy (d. 1567)
Abraham Bloemaert Dutch painter & printmaker born in Gorinchem (d. 1651)
Constance of Austria queen of Poland born in Graz Austria (d. 1631)
Philip Warwick English writer and politician born in Westminster United Kingdom (d. 1683)
Mariana of Austria second wife of king Philip IV of Spain born in Wiener Neustadt Austria (d. 1696)
Georg Motz German composer born in Augsburg Germany (d. 1733)
Domenico Natale Sarro Italian composer born in Trani Italy (d. 1744)
Frans van Mieris the Younger Dutch painter & historian born in Leiden Netherlands (d. 1763)
William Warburton English writer & Bishop of Gloucester born in Newark-on-Trent United Kingdom (d. 1779)
Rainieri de Calzabigi Italian poet & librettist born in Livorno Italy (d. 1795)
Patrice F earl De Neney South Netherlands chairman of Secret Council
Johann Christoph Altnikol German organist & composer (Bachs son-in-law & copyist) born in Sulikw Poland (d. 1759)
Johann Conrad Ammann Swiss physician & instructor of non-verbal deaf persons born in Schaffhausen Netherlands (d. 1811)
Johann Ernst Hartmann Danish organist & composer born in Glogw Poland (d. 1793)
Benjamin Rush American physician & politician (signed the Declaration of Independence) born in Byberry Philadelphia (d. 1813)
George Crabbe English poet (Everlasting Mercy) born in Aldeburgh England (d. 1832)
Selim III Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1789-1808) born in Topkap Palace Istanbul Ottoman Empire (d. 1808)
Jean-Louis Pons French astronomer (greatest visual comet discoverer of all time) born in Peyre Hautes-Alpes (d. 1831)
Joseph Wlfl Austrian pianist & composer born in Salzburg Austria (d. 1812)
Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia born in Saint Petersburg Russia (d. 1803)
Eugne Scribe French dramatist (Bertrand et Raton) born in Paris France (d. 1861)
Adam Mickiewicz Polish national poet (Pan Tadeusz) born in Zavosse Belarus (d. 1855)
Wilhelm Marstrand Danish painter & illustrator born in Copenhagen Denmark (d. 1873)
Henry Russell English pianist & composer born in Sheerness United Kingdom (d. 1900)
Karl Eduard Zachariae German jurist born in Heidelberg Germany (d. 1894)
Henry Wellington Greatorex English-American musician born in Burton upon Trent United Kingdom (d. 1853)
James Prescott Joule English physicist (the law of conservation of energy) born in Salford United Kingdom (d. 1889)
Charles Hermite French mathematician (proof that e is transcendental) born in Dieuze France (d. 1901)
Peter Cornelius German composer & writer born in Mainz Germany (d. 1874)
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