December 24th, 1822

Born on December 24th, 1822

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 73,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 468 days, exactly on August 1st, 2025, people who were born on December 24th, 1822 will be 74,000 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

Born on December 24th, 1822

78

Charles Hermite

French mathematician (1822-1901)

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

65

Matthew Arnold

British poet and cultural critic (1822–1888)

*December 24th, 1822, Laleham †April 15th, 1888, Liverpool

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

70

James Prescott Joule

English physicist and brewer (1818-1889)

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

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

56

Adam Mickiewicz

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

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

90

Witold Pyrkosz

Polish actor (1926-2017)

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

53

Gabriel García Moreno

President of Ecuador (1860 - 1865) / (1869) / (1869 - 1875)

*December 24th, 1821, Guayaquil †August 6th, 1875, Quito

69

Eugène Scribe

French dramatist and librettist (1791-1861)

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

69

Lorenz Caffier

German politician

*December 24th, 1954, Dresden

60

Justin Clinchant

French general

*December 24th, 1820, Thiaucourt-Regniéville †March 20th, 1881, Paris

31

Dhurata Dora

Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter

*December 24th, 1992, Nuremberg

80

Tarja Halonen

11th President of Finland

*December 24th, 1943, Helsinki

69

Antonio de Trueba

Spanish writer (1819-1889)

*December 24th, 1819, Galdames †March 10th, 1889, Bilbao

74

Willi Reimann

German association football player and manager

*December 24th, 1949, Fürstenau

84

Gabriel Batllevell i Tort

Spanish expert witness, urban planner and architect (1825-1910)

*December 24th, 1825, Molins de Rei †August 19th, 1910, Sabadell

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

59

Mark Valley

American actor

*December 24th, 1964, Ogdensburg

67

George I of Greece

King of Greece (r. 1863–1913)

*December 24th, 1845, Copenhagen †March 18th, 1913, Thessaloniki

50

Stephenie Meyer

American author

*December 24th, 1973, Hartford

46

Selim III

Ottoman sultan (1761-1808)

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

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Born in 1822

68

Heinrich Schliemann

German businessman and archaeologist (1822–1890)

*January 6th, 1822, Neubukow †December 26th, 1890, Naples

72

Louis Pasteur

French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)

*December 27th, 1822, Dole †September 28th, 1895, Saint-Cloud

72

Heinrich Brunn

German classical archaeologist (1822-1894)

*January 23rd, 1822, Wörlitz †July 23rd, 1894, Schliersee

63

Ulysses S. Grant

President of the United States from 1869 to 1877

*April 27th, 1822, Point Pleasant †July 23rd, 1885, Wilton

70

Rutherford B. Hayes

President of the United States from 1877 to 1881

*October 4th, 1822, Delaware †January 17th, 1893, Fremont

61

Gregor Mendel

Silesian scientist and Augustinian friar (1822–1884)

*July 22nd, 1822, Hynčice †January 6th, 1884, Brno

67

César Franck

Belgian-French composer and organist (1822–1890)

*December 10th, 1822, Liège †November 8th, 1890, Paris

79

Agnes von Auer

German writer

*December 22nd, 1822, Königsberg †July 7th, 1902, Königsberg

62

Victor Massé

French composer

*March 7th, 1822, Lorient †July 5th, 1884, Paris

73

Gabriel Milin

French politician (1822-1895)

*September 3rd, 1822, Saint-Pol-de-Léon †December 27th, 1895, Île-de-Batz

88

Francis Galton

English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

*February 16th, 1822, Birmingham †January 17th, 1911, Haslemere

66

Rudolf Clausius

German mathematical physicist and professor (1822-1888)

*January 2nd, 1822, Koszalin †August 24th, 1888, Bonn

90

Frédéric Passy

French economist and statesman (1822-1912)

*May 20th, 1822, Paris †June 12th, 1912, Neuilly-sur-Seine

80

Ludwig Hammers

German politician (1822-1902)

*March 4th, 1822, Wassenberg †June 3rd, 1902, Düsseldorf

75

Fritz Müller

German-Brazilian biologist (1822–1897)

*March 31st, 1822, Windischholzhausen †May 21st, 1897, Blumenau

79

Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte

Dutch politician (1822-1902)

*March 22nd, 1822, Goes †March 3rd, 1902, The Hague

63

Philibert Bellemain

French architect (1822-1886)

*June 29th, 1822, Lyon †February 1st, 1886, 1st arrondissement of Lyon

60

Midhat Pasha

Ottoman grand vizier, reformist, and creator of the first Ottoman constitution (1822-1883)

*October 18th, 1822, Constantinople †April 26th, 1883, Ta'if

66

August von Pettenkofen

Austrian artist

*May 10th, 1822, Vienna †March 21st, 1889, Vienna

67

Rafael Berenguer y Condé

Spanish painter (1822-1890)

*November 16th, 1822, Valencia †January 5th, 1890, Valencia

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1822 is a normal year and no leap year.

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