December 24

Joe Lacey, Irish Hunger Striker died during the 1923 Irish hunger strikes

December 24, 1923

Sir Thomas Wyse, politician and diplomat, is born in St John, Co. Waterford

December 24, 1791

Walter Bower, Scottish chronicler (b. 1385), died

December 24, 1449

William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist and engineer, died

December 24, 1449