December 22, 1936
James Burke (born 22 December 1936) is a British broadcaster, science historian, author, and television producer.
December 23, 1812
Samuel Smiles (23 December 1812 – 16 April 1904) was a British author and government reformer, was born on December 23, 1812, in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland.
December 23, 1814
Samuel Madden, (23 December 1686 – 31 December 1765) was a notable Irish author, economist, and philanthropist of the 18th century, born on December 23, 1686, in Dublin, Ireland.
December 24, 1449
Walter Bower ( c. 1385 – 24 December 1449) was a Scottish canon regular and abbot of Inchcolm Abbey in the Firth of Forth, who is noted as a chronicler of his era.
William John Macquorn Rankine FRSE FRS (5 July 1820 – 24 December 1872) was a Scottish mathematician and physicist.
December 24, 1791
Sir Thomas Wyse KCB (24 December 1791 – 16 April 1862), an Irish politician and diplomat, belonged to a family claiming descent from a Devon squire, Andrew Wyse, who is said to have crossed over to …
December 24, 1923
On 24 December 1923 Joe Lacey (the brother of IRA Officer Dinny Lacey) died at the Curragh Camp (the hunger strike had been called off in November 1923 but Lacey died as a result of his weakened …
December 25, 1185
King Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189) was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189.
December 26, 1381
Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March and Earl of Ulster (1 February 1352 – 27 December 1381) was an English magnate who was appointed Lieutenant of Ireland but died after only two years in the post.
December 27, 1601
Hugh O’Neill (c. 1550 – 20 July 1616) was an Irish Gaelic lord, Earl of Tyrone (known as the Great Earl) and was later created The Ó Néill Mór, Chief of the Name.
December 28, 1876
The Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language (SPIL; Irish: Cumann Buan-Choimeádta na Gaeilge) was a cultural organisation in late 19th-century Ireland, which was part of the Gaelic revival …
December 29, 1876