Born on December 24th, 1861
Weekday
Tuesday
December 24th, 1861 was a Tuesday.
Zodiac
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Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)
December 22nd, 1861 - January 20th, 1862
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 59,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 707 days, exactly on April 3rd, 2026, people who were born on December 24th, 1861 will be 60,000 days old!
59,293 Days
8,470 Weeks
1,948 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
Born on December 24th, 1861
Antonio Rodríguez Martínez "El Tío de la Tiza"
Spanish author
*December 24th, 1861, Cádiz †August 19th, 1912, SevilleSame Day
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")
67 Delfín Chamorro
Paraguayan special educator
*December 24th, 1863, Asunción †August 15th, 1931, Asunción
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)_Bild_1_(4-1384208-1).jpg "Adam von Au")
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67 George I of Greece
King of Greece (r. 1863–1913)
*December 24th, 1845, Copenhagen †March 18th, 1913, Thessaloniki
56 Adam Mickiewicz
Polish national poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator, and political activist (1798-1855)
*December 24th, 1798, Zavosse †November 26th, 1855, Istanbul
69 Eugène Scribe
French dramatist and librettist (1791-1861)
*December 24th, 1791, Paris †February 20th, 1861, Paris
67 Ava Gardner
American actress (1922–1990)
*December 24th, 1922, Grabtown †January 25th, 1990, Westminster.jpg "Stephenie Meyer")
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82 Wout Buitenweg
Dutch footballer (1893-1976)
*December 24th, 1893, Utrecht †November 10th, 1976, Utrecht.jpg "Ricky Martin")
Same year
Born in 1861
80 Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
*May 7th, 1861, Kolkata †August 7th, 1941, Kolkata
68 Fridtjof Nansen
Norwegian polar explorer and diplomat; Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1861-1930)
*October 10th, 1861, Vestre Aker †May 13th, 1930, Polhøgda
Friedrich Simon Archenhold
German astronomer
*October 2nd, 1861, Lichtenau †October 14th, 1939, BerlinMaximilian von Spee
German admiral
*June 22nd, 1861, Copenhagen †December 8th, 1914, South Atlantic Ocean
76 Georges Méliès
French film maker and illusionist (1861–1938)
*December 8th, 1861, Paris †January 21st, 1938, Paris
Marie von Miller
German painter (1861–1933)
*February 22nd, 1861, Munich †August 18th, 1933, Starnberg
65 Mehmed VI
Last sultan of the Ottoman Empire
*January 14th, 1861, Istanbul †May 16th, 1926, SanremoFranz Xaver Engelhart
German composer, priest and choir director
*March 4th, 1861, Geiselhöring †July 14th, 1924, Regensburg
70 Frederick Jackson Turner
American historian (1861-1932)
*November 14th, 1861, Portage †March 14th, 1932, San Marino.jpg "Victor Horta")
86 Victor Horta
Belgian architect, designer, publicist, teacher and creator of Art Nouveau
*January 6th, 1861, Ghent †September 8th, 1947, City of Brussels
64 Rudolf Steiner
Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925)
*February 25th, 1861, Donji Kraljevec †March 30th, 1925, Dornach
75 Lou Andreas-Salomé
German-Russian Psychoanalyst and author
*February 12th, 1861, Saint Petersburg †February 5th, 1937, GöttingenCharles Édouard Guillaume
Swiss physicist (1861-1938)
*February 15th, 1861, Fleurier †June 13th, 1938, SèvresPauline Johnson
Canadian poet and performer
*March 10th, 1861, Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation †March 7th, 1913, VancouverLuigi Facta
Italian politician (1861-1930)
*September 13th, 1861, Pinerolo †November 5th, 1930, PineroloJosé Rizal
Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861–1896)
*June 19th, 1861, Calamba †December 30th, 1896, ManilaBirthdays 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
24.12.1861
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | L = 50 | X = 10 | IV = 4 | I = 1 |
Leap year
No: With 365 days 1861 is a normal year and no leap year.