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Famous Birthdays In December - 22

Friday, 24 May 2013

1095 Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154) was born on this day in history.

1178 Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185) was born on this day in history.

1400 Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) was born on this day in history.

1428 On this day in history birth of richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury

1452 Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer was born on this day in history.

1459 Djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II was born on this day in history.

1515 Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland was born on this day in history.

1523 On this day in history birth of charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen

1546 On this day in history birth of kuroda Yoshitaka, Japanese Daimyo (d. 1604)

1550 On this day in history birth of cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher (d. 1631)

1573 Ernst Casimir, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia/Groningen was born on this day in history.

1624 On this day in history birth of tomas Micieres, composer

1639 On this day in history birth of jean Racine, French dramatist (d. 1699)

1643 On this day in history birth of rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, France, French explorer (Louisiana)

1666 On this day in history birth of guru Gobind Singh, Sikh guru (d. 1708)

1684 On this day in history birth of johann J Dillenius, [Dillen], German botanist (Historia Muscorum)

1690 Meidingnu Pamheiba, King of Manipur (d. 1751) was born on this day in history.

1694 Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.

1696 James Oglethorpe, England, General/author/colonizer (Georgia) was born on this day in history.

1700 On this day in history birth of egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent

1702 Jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Madame d'Epinay) was born on this day in history.

1710 Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach was born on this day in history.

1723 Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer was born on this day in history.

1727 William Ellery, US attorney/signer (Declar of Independence) was born on this day in history.

1728 Charles Frederick, Baden, liberal ruler of Baden was born on this day in history.

1744 Abigail Adams, Weymouth Mass, 2nd first lady (1797-1801) was born on this day in history.

1753 On this day in history birth of dugald Stewart, Edinburgh Scot, philosopher (Scottish common sense)

1761 Dorothea Jordan, Ireland, French comedic actress was born on this day in history.

1764 Barbara Juliane Krudener, Latvia, mystic visionary renounced nobility was born on this day in history.

1765 On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician (d. 1825)

1767 Andreas Hofer, South Tirol, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France) was born on this day in history.

1768 John Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher was born on this day in history.

1787 Rasmus Rask, Denmark, language scholar was born on this day in history.

1795 On this day in history birth of thomas Ainsworth, English/Neth industrialist (Twentse textile)

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Famous Deaths In December - 22

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1100 On this day in history death of duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia

1337 On this day in history daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54

1419 On this day in history john XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies

1440 On this day in history death of bluebeard, pirate, executed

1550 On this day in history death of richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III

1603 On this day in history mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37

1646 On this day in history death of peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596)

1660 On this day in history death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)