1449
Walter Bower, Scottish chronicler (b. 1385), died
Scotland
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. He was born …
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1449
William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist and engineer, died
Scotland
William John Macquorn Rankine FRSE FRS (5 July 1820 – 24 December 1872) was a Scottish mathematician and physicist. He was a founding contributor, with Rudolf Clausius and William …
1791
Sir Thomas Wyse, politician and diplomat, is born in St John, Co. Waterford
Ireland
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 …
1923
Joe Lacey, Irish Hunger Striker died during the 1923 Irish hunger strikes
Ireland
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 …