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Dec 25 1250

John IV Laskaris Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305)

Dec 25 1461

Christina of Saxony queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521)

Dec 25 1583

Orlando Gibbons English composer (O Clap Your Hands) baptized

Dec 25 1587

Margarita of Austria queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611)

Dec 25 1601

Jose Ximenez Spanish composer born in Zaragoza (d. 1672)

Dec 25 1624

Angelus Silesius [Johann Scheffler] German mystic (St Seelenlust)

Dec 25 1652

Archibald Pitcairne Scottish physician (d. 1713)

Dec 25 1665

Lady Grizel Baillie Scottish songwriter (d. 1746)

Dec 25 1667

Ehrengard von der Schulenburg English royal mistress (d. 1743)

Dec 25 1674

Thomas Halyburton Scottish theologian (d. 1712)

Dec 25 1700

Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau Prussian general (d. 1758)

Dec 25 1716

Johann Jakob Reiske German scholar and physician (d. 1774)

Dec 25 1717

Pius VI [Giovanni A Braschi] Italian Pope (1775-99)

Dec 25 1721

William Collins Chichester England (Mayor-Chichester)poet

Dec 25 1730

Philip Mazzei Italian physician and friend of Thomas Jefferson (d. 1816)

Dec 25 1742

Charlotte von Stein German friend of Goethe (d. 1827)

Dec 25 1763

Claude Chappe French engineer (optical telegraph)

Dec 25 1771

Dorothy Wordsworth English poet and diarist brother of William Wordsworth born in Cockermouth Cumberland (d. 1855)

Dec 25 1808

Stephen Cleeg Rowan Commander (Union Navy) (d. 1890)

Dec 25 1810

Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves Greek poet and statesman (d. 1892)

Dec 25 1811

Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler German politicianbishop of Mainz

Dec 25 1814

Jan de Liefde II Dutch vicarfounder (Coop of Welfare of the People)

Dec 25 1823

Preston Smith Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1863)

Dec 25 1832

Thomas Alfred Smyth Irish-American Major General (Union Army) born in County Cork Republic of Ireland (d. 1865)

Dec 25 1837

Cosima Liszt wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner

Dec 25 1855

James Galvin pitcher shut-out every opposing team in 1884

Dec 25 1860

Manuel Dimech Maltese philosopher and social reformer (d. 1921)

Dec 25 1861

Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Indian founder of Banaras Hindu University (d. 1946)

Dec 25 1863

Charles Path French pioneer of film and record industries (Path Brothers 1896) born in Paris France (d. 1957)

Dec 25 1864

Thomas Cahill American soccer coach (d. 1951)

Dec 25 1865

Evangeline Cory Booth Salvation Army general (1904-34)

Dec 25 1867

Alfred Kerr [Kempner] German-British writer born in Breslau Silesia (d. 1948)

Dec 25 1868

Eugenie Besserer American actress (Jazz Singer) born in Watertown New York (d. 1934)

Dec 25 1046 Pope Clemens VI crowns Henry III as Holy Roman Emperor

Dec 25 1048 Parliament of Worms Emperor Henry III names his cousin Count Bruno van Egisheim-Dagsburg as Pope Leo IX

Dec 25 1066 Duke William of Normandy (William the Conqueror) crowned King of England

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