Born on December 24th, 1717
Weekday
Friday
December 24th, 1717 was a Friday.
Zodiac
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Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)
December 22nd, 1717 - January 20th, 1718
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 111,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 111 days, exactly on August 16th, 2024, people who were born on December 24th, 1717 will be 112,000 days old!
111,889 Days
15,984 Weeks
3,676 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on December 24th?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 24th
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Who's birthday is on December 24th?
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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.jpg "Lorenz Caffier")
69 Eugène Scribe
French dramatist and librettist (1791-1861)
*December 24th, 1791, Paris †February 20th, 1861, Paris
46 Selim III
Ottoman sultan (1761-1808)
*December 24th, 1761, Istanbul †July 29th, 1808, Constantinople
56 Adam Mickiewicz
Polish national poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator, and political activist (1798-1855)
*December 24th, 1798, Zavosse †November 26th, 1855, Istanbul
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93 Atal Bihari Vajpayee
10th prime minister of India in 1996, 1998 and from 1999–2004
*December 24th, 1924, Gwalior †August 16th, 2018, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.jpg "Ana Brenda Contreras")
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Same year
Born in 1717
61 David Garrick
British actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer (1717–1779)
*February 19th, 1717, Hereford †January 20th, 1779, London
63 Maria Theresa of Austria
Ruler of the Habsburg Dominions (1717-1780)
*May 13th, 1717, Vienna †November 29th, 1780, Vienna
65 Jean le Rond d'Alembert
French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist (1717-1783)
*November 16th, 1717, Paris †October 29th, 1783, Paris
62 Ferdinand Stosch
German theologian (1717–1780)
*December 30th, 1717, Liebenberg †June 3rd, 1780, Detmold,_c._1760-70_-_Vieira_Lusitano_(Pal%C3%A1cio_Nacional_de_Queluz).png "Pedro III of Portugal")
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50 Johann Joachim Winckelmann
German art historian and archaeologist, and conservator of the Vatican Library
*December 9th, 1717, Stendal †June 8th, 1768, TriestePius VI
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1775 to 1799
*December 25th, 1717, Cesena †August 29th, 1799, Valence
79 Horace Walpole
English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician (1717-1797)
*September 24th, 1717, London †March 2nd, 1797, LondonMustafa III
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774
*January 28th, 1717, Constantinople †January 21st, 1774, ConstantinopleJean Dugain
French slave hunter and explorer
*February 23rd, 1717, Saint-Denis †January 1st, 1787
58 Louis François, Prince of Conti
French noble and art collector (1717-1776)
*August 13th, 1717, Paris †August 2nd, 1776, Paris
72 George Augustus Eliott
1st Lord Heathfield and Baron of Gibraltar, Army General, Governor of Gibraltar; (1717-1790)
*December 25th, 1717, Roxburghshire †July 6th, 1790, Aachen
76 Luis de Unzaga
Spanish colonial governor and administrator (1717-1793)
*April 6th, 1717, Málaga †June 21st, 1793, Málaga
80 Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
British Army officer (1717-1797)
*January 29th, 1717, Riverhead †August 3rd, 1797, Montreal Park
Johann Stamitz
Czech composer and violinist
*June 19th, 1717, Havlíčkův Brod †March 27th, 1757, MannheimBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on December 24th
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Christmas Eve) which are celebrated on December 24th.
December 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_24_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Aðfangadagskvöld, the day when the 13th and the last Yule Lad arrives to towns. (Iceland)
Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_IcelandFeast of the Seven Fishes (Italian Americans)
Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_the_Seven_FishesJuleaften (Denmark)/Julaften (Norway)/Julafton (Sweden)
Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule_and_Christmas_in_DenmarkNittel Nacht (certain Orthodox Jewish denominations)
Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nittel_NachtNochebuena (Spain and Spanish-speaking countries)
Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_EveThe Declaration of Christmas Peace (Old Great Square of Turku, Finland's official Christmas City)
Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_PeaceWigilia (Poland)
Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/WigiliaQuviasukvik, the Inuit new year (Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Russia)
Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuviasukvikKūčios (Lithuania)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KūčiosIndependence Day (Libya)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_LibyaDay of Military Honour – Siege of Ismail (Russia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_Military_HonourDate as a Roman numeral / digit
24.12.1717
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | X = 10 | V = 5 | IV = 4 | I = 1 |
Leap year
No: With 365 days 1717 is a normal year and no leap year.