Famous Birthdays Dec 22 Tomas Micieres, Spanish composer (d. 1662) Dec 25 Angelus Silesius [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust) 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 1623 History by Year 1625