Page 3: Historical Events In December - 24

1867  Manuel de Oliveira Lima, Brazilian historian/diplomat on this day in history.   

1868  On December - 24 emanuel Lasker, Germany, world chess champion (1894-21)   

1869  On this day in history henriette GA Roland Holst-van der Schalk, Dutch poet (Women in Forest)   

1869  Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, US Secretary of War (1861-65), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1870  On this day in history rosario Scalero, composer   

1871  On December - 24 giusseppi Verdi's "Aida" premieres in Cairo, at Suez canal opening   

1871  On this day in history verdi's 'Aida' performed for the first time, in Cairo   

1871  On this day in history henri Stroethoff, Dutch actor (A Chique Little Boy)   

1874  Pope Pius IX proclaims a jubilee for 1875 on this day in history.   

1879  On December - 24 stanislav Pylypovych Lyudkevych, composer   

1881  On this day in history bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer   

1884  On December - 24 austria-Hungary admits King Leopold II's Congo Free State   

1885  Arthur Dolphin, cricketer (Yorkshire & England keeper, later Test ump) on December - 24.   

1885  On this day in history louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian, dies at 85   

1887  On December - 24 louis Jouvet, Crozon France, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise)   

1888  On December - 24 the birth of Michael Curtiz, American director   

1889  Bicycle with a back-pedal brake patented on December - 24.   

1889  Daniel Stover and William Hance patent bicycle with back pedal brake on December - 24.   

1889  Daniel Stover & William Hance patent bicycle with back pedal brake on this day in history.   

1889  Vladimir Sokoloff, Moscow Russia, actor (Road to Morocco) on this day in history.   

1893  Henry Ford completes his 1st useful gas motor on December - 24.   

1893  Carl Brisson, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Murder at the Vanities) on this day in history.   

1894  Scheveningse fishing boats destroyed by storm on December - 24.   

1894  Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot on December - 24.   

1898  On December - 24 herman Heijermans' "Ghetto," premieres in Amsterdam   

1898  Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41 on December - 24.   

1900  Herman Heijermans' "Hope of Blessing" premieres in Amsterdam on December - 24.   

1904  German SW Africa abolishes slavery of young children on this day in history.   

1904  Daniel K Womack, singer/guitarist on December - 24.   

1904  On December - 24 juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor, dies at 55   

1905  On this day in history howard Hughes born   

1905  On this day in history the birth of Howard Hughes, American tycoon   

1905  On this day in history anna "Ans" van Dike ("the Young"), Jewish nazi collaborator   

1906  On December - 24 reginald A Fessenden became first to broadcast music over radio (Mass)   

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0003  Galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69) was born on December - 24.   

1167  On this day in history birth of john "without a land", king of England (1199-1216)   

1389  John VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442) was born on this day in history.   

1475  On this day in history birth of thomas Murner, German writer (d.c. 1537)   

1491  On this day in history birth of ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (d. 1556)   

1508  Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (d. 1567) was born on December - 24.   

1564  Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver was born on December - 24.   

1588  Constance of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1631) was born on December - 24.   

0427  Death of Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople on December - 24.   

1069  On December - 24 godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies   

1257  On December - 24 death of john I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218)   

1380  John von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies on December - 24.   

1453  John Dunstable, English composer, dies on this day in history.   

1524  On this day in history vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55   

1541  Andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61 on this day in history.   

1548  Maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies on December - 24.