December 24th, 1798

Born on December 24th, 1798

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 82,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 707 days, exactly on March 24th, 2026, people who were born on December 24th, 1798 will be 83,000 days old!

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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

Born on December 24th, 1798

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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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

70

James Prescott Joule

English physicist and brewer (1818-1889)

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

69

Eugène Scribe

French dramatist and librettist (1791-1861)

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

30

Ririn Amelia

Badminton player

*December 24th, 1993, Padang

82

Karl Georg von Wächter

German jurist, judge and author (1797-1880)

*December 24th, 1797, Marbach am Neckar †January 15th, 1880, Leipzig

90

Witold Pyrkosz

Polish actor (1926-2017)

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

69

Lorenz Caffier

German politician

*December 24th, 1954, Dresden

80

Fernán Caballero

Spanish women novelist

*December 24th, 1796, Morges †April 7th, 1877, Seville

80

Ferdinand Keller

Swiss archaeologist (1800-1881)

*December 24th, 1800, Marthalen †July 21st, 1881, Zürich

46

Selim III

Ottoman sultan (1761-1808)

*December 24th, 1761, Istanbul †July 29th, 1808, Constantinople

31

Dhurata Dora

Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter

*December 24th, 1992, Nuremberg

80

Tarja Halonen

11th President of Finland

*December 24th, 1943, Helsinki

74

Willi Reimann

German association football player and manager

*December 24th, 1949, Fürstenau

59

Mark Valley

American actor

*December 24th, 1964, Ogdensburg

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

50

Stephenie Meyer

American author

*December 24th, 1973, Hartford

78

Charles Hermite

French mathematician (1822-1901)

*December 24th, 1822, Dieuze †January 14th, 1901, Paris

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

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Born in 1798

38

Giacomo Leopardi

Italian poet, philosopher, and writer (1798-1837)

*June 29th, 1798, Recanati †June 14th, 1837, Naples

59

Auguste Comte

French philosopher and pioneer of positivism (1798-1857)

*January 19th, 1798, Montpellier †September 5th, 1857, Paris

65

Eugène Delacroix

French painter (1798–1863)

*April 26th, 1798, Saint-Maurice †August 13th, 1863, Paris

67

Massimo d'Azeglio

Italian statesman, novelist and painter

*October 21st, 1798, Turin †January 15th, 1866, Cannero Riviera

75

Jules Michelet

French historian; popularized the historical concept of the Renaissance

*August 21st, 1798, Paris †February 9th, 1874, Hyères

75

August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben

German scholar and poet

*April 2nd, 1798, Fallersleben †January 19th, 1874, Princely Abbey of Corvey

62

Alexandra Feodorovna

Wife of Nicholas I of Russia (1798-1860)

*July 13th, 1798, Berlin †October 20th, 1860, Tsarskoye Selo

55

Abigail Fillmore

First Lady of the United States from 1850 to 1853

*March 13th, 1798, Saratoga County †March 30th, 1853, Washington, D.C.

35

Pedro I of Brazil

Emperor of Brazil (1822–31) and King of Portugal (1826)

*October 12th, 1798, Palace of Queluz †September 24th, 1834, Palace of Queluz

77

František Palacký

Czech philosopher, historian, publicist and writer (1798-1876)

*June 14th, 1798, Hodslavice †May 26th, 1876, Prague

82

Jules Armand Dufaure

French politician and lawyer (1798-1881)

*December 4th, 1798, Saujon †June 27th, 1881, Rueil-Malmaison

63

Franz Gläser

Czech conductor and composer (1798-1861)

*April 19th, 1798, Horní Jiřetín †August 29th, 1861, Copenhagen

66

Wilhelm Arnoldi

German priest

*January 4th, 1798, Badem †January 7th, 1864, Trier

73

Willibald Alexis

German historical novelist

*June 29th, 1798, Wrocław †December 16th, 1871, Arnstadt

27

Manuel Jordán Valdivieso

Chilean officer of the war of independence

*April 6th, 1798, Santiago †November 27th, 1825, Longaví

64

Heinrich Maria von Hess

German painter (1798-1863)

*April 19th, 1798, Düsseldorf †March 29th, 1863, Munich

75

Wilhelm Amandus Auberlen

German composer (1798-1874)

*October 24th, 1798, Fellbach †September 29th, 1874, Fellbach

23

Prince Clemens of Saxony

Prince of Saxony

*May 1st, 1798, Dresden †January 4th, 1822, Pisa

45

Thomas James Henderson

Scottish lawyer, astronomer and mathematician (1798-1844)

*December 28th, 1798, Dundee †November 23rd, 1844, Edinburgh

71

Harro Harring

German-Danish revolutionary and writer (1798-1870)

*August 28th, 1798, Wobbenbüll †May 15th, 1870, Saint Helier

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