Birthdays in History Dec 25 Angelus Silesius [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust) Deaths in History 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 On This Day in History 1625