Famous Birthdays Dec 22 Tomas Micieres, Spanish composer and chapel master, born in Villaescusa de Ecla, Spain (d. 1662) Dec 25 Angelus Silesius [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust), born in Breslau, the capital of Silesia (d. 1677) Born in 1624 Famous Deaths Dec 5 Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (b. 1560) Dec 14 Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, English statesman, dies at 73 Dec 26 Simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54 Nov 1624 History by Year Jan 1625 Famous Living People by Age 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 80-89 Over 90