December 24th, 1483

Born on December 24th, 1483

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 197,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 639 days, exactly on January 31st, 2026, people who were born on December 24th, 1483 will be 198,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on December 24th?

December 24th, 1918

Forces united in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes defeated Hungarian forces to end the occupation of Međimurje.

December 24th, 2021

Burmese military forces killed at least 40 civilians during the Mo So massacre in Kayah State, Myanmar.

December 24th, 2008

The Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, began attacks on several villages in the north of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing hundreds and committing numerous atrocities.

December 24th, 1999

Jihadists linked to al-Qaeda hijacked Indian Airlines Flight 814 to force the release of Islamist figures held in prison in India.

December 24th, 1983

Aeroflot Flight 601 crashed on approach to Leshukonskoye in the Russian SSR, killing 44 out of 49 people on board.

December 24th, 1979

The Soviet government deployed troops in Afghanistan, starting the Soviet–Afghan War.

December 24th, 1973

The U.S. Congress granted home rule to Washington, D.C., allowing the residents to elect their own mayor and a city council.

December 24th, 1968

Piloted by Jim Lovell, Apollo 8 became the first human spaceflight to reach and orbit the Moon (Earthrise pictured).

December 24th, 1964

The Viet Cong bombed the Brinks Hotel in Saigon, killing two U.S. Army officers and raising fears of an escalation of the Vietnam War.

December 24th, 1955

According to legend, the NORAD Tracks Santa program began after children began calling the Continental Air Defense Command Center to inquire about Santa Claus's whereabouts due to a misprinted phone number in an advertisement.

December 24th, 1953

A railway bridge at Tangiwai on New Zealand's North Island was damaged by a lahar and collapsed beneath a passenger train (wreckage pictured), killing 151 people.

December 24th, 1914

World War I: British and German soldiers interrupted fighting to celebrate Christmas, beginning the Christmas truce .

December 24th, 1913

Seventy-three people were crushed to death in a stampede after someone falsely yelled "fire" at a crowded Christmas party in Calumet, Michigan, U.S.

December 24th, 1871

Aida, one of Giuseppe Verdi's most popular operas, made its debut in Cairo, Egypt.

December 24th, 1865

Six Confederate veterans of the American Civil War founded a social club they named the Ku Klux Klan, which later became a white supremacist group.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 24th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 24th?

37

Hoon Thien How

Badminton player

*December 24th, 1986, Kuala Lumpur

57

Diedrich Bader

American actor

*December 24th, 1966, Alexandria

30

Ririn Amelia

Badminton player

*December 24th, 1993, Padang

69

Lorenz Caffier

German politician

*December 24th, 1954, Dresden

70

James Prescott Joule

English physicist and brewer (1818-1889)

*December 24th, 1818, Salford †October 11th, 1889, Sale

90

Witold Pyrkosz

Polish actor (1926-2017)

*December 24th, 1926, Krasnystaw †April 22nd, 2017, Warsaw

31

Dhurata Dora

Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter

*December 24th, 1992, Nuremberg

60

Thomas Murner

German writer (1475-1537)

*December 24th, 1475, Obernai †November 30th, 1536, Obernai

80

Tarja Halonen

President of Finland from 2000 to 2012

*December 24th, 1943, Helsinki

74

Willi Reimann

German association football player and manager

*December 24th, 1949, Fürstenau

69

Eugène Scribe

French dramatist and librettist (1791-1861)

*December 24th, 1791, Paris †February 20th, 1861, Paris

59

Mark Valley

American actor

*December 24th, 1964, Ogdensburg

50

Stephenie Meyer

American author

*December 24th, 1973, Hartford

56

Adam Mickiewicz

Polish national poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator, and political activist (1798-1855)

*December 24th, 1798, Zavosse †November 26th, 1855, Istanbul

52

Ricky Martin

Puerto Rican singer and actor

*December 24th, 1971, San Juan

42

Dima Bilan

Russian actor and singer-songwriter

*December 24th, 1981, Ust-Dzheguta

37

Ana Brenda Contreras

American-born Mexican actress and singer

*December 24th, 1986, McAllen

54

Mark Millar

British comic book writer

*December 24th, 1969, Coatbridge

34

Diafra Sakho

Senegalese and French association football player

*December 24th, 1989, Guédiawaye

66

Hamid Karzai

President of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014

*December 24th, 1957, Karz

Same year
Born in 1483

62

Martin Luther

German priest, theologian and author (1483–1546)

*November 10th, 1483, Lutherstadt Eisleben †February 18th, 1546, Lutherstadt Eisleben

37

Raphael

Italian painter and architect (1483–1520)

*April 6th, 1483, Urbino †April 6th, 1520, Rome

47

Babur

1st Mughal Emperor

*February 14th, 1483, Andijan †December 26th, 1530, Agra

57

Francesco Guicciardini

Italian writer, historian and politician (1483-1540)

*March 6th, 1483, Florence †May 22nd, 1540, Arcetri

68

Paolo Giovio

Italian physician, historian, biographer, and prelate

*April 21st, 1483, Como †January 1st, 1552, Florence

55

Henry III of Nassau-Breda

Baron of Breda

*January 12th, 1483, Siegen †September 14th, 1538, Breda

78

Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio

Italian painter (1483-1561)

*February 14th, 1483, Florence †June 6th, 1561, Florence

64

Wenzeslaus Linck

German theologian

*January 8th, 1483, Colditz †March 12th, 1547, Nuremberg

81

Nicolaus von Amsdorf

German theologian and Protestant reformer

*December 3rd, 1483, Torgau †May 14th, 1565, Eisenach

58

Gasparo Contarini

Catholic cardinal and Bishop of Belluno

*October 16th, 1483, Venice †August 24th, 1542, Bologna

54

Hans Buchner

German Renaissance composer

*October 26th, 1483, Ravensburg †January 1st, 1538, Constance

38

Elisabeth of the Palatinate, Landgravine of Hesse

German noble

*November 16th, 1483, Heidelberg †June 24th, 1522, Baden-Baden

25

Dmitry Ivanovich

Grand Prince of Moscow (1483-1509)

*October 10th, 1483, Moscow †January 1st, 1509, Moscow

63

Tommaso Badia

Catholic cardinal

*December 10th, 1483, Modena †September 6th, 1547, Rome

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Public holidays on December 24th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Christmas Eve) which are celebrated on December 24th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1483 is a normal year and no leap year.

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