Famous Birthdays In December - 22

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

1178  On this day in history birth of emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)  

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

1428  Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury was born on this day in history.  

1452  On this day in history birth of jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer  

1459  On this day in history birth of djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II  

1515  Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland was born on December - 22.  

1523  Charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen was born on December - 22.  

1546  Kuroda Yoshitaka, Japanese Daimyo (d. 1604) was born on December - 22.  

1550  Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher (d. 1631) was born on this day in history.  

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1573  Ernst Casimir, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia/Groningen was born on December - 22.  

1624  On December - 22 birth of tomas Micieres, composer  

1639  On December - 22 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 December - 22 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  On December - 22 birth of hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer (d. 1768)  

1696  On December - 22 birth of james Oglethorpe, England, General/author/colonizer (Georgia)  

1700  Egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent was born on this day in history.  

1702  On this day in history birth of jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Madame d'Epinay)  

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

1723  On December - 22 birth of carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer  

1727  On December - 22 birth of william Ellery, US attorney/signer (Declar of Independence)  

1728  On December - 22 birth of charles Frederick, Baden, liberal ruler of Baden  

1744  Abigail Adams, Weymouth Mass, 2nd first lady (1797-1801) was born on December - 22.  

1753  Dugald Stewart, Edinburgh Scot, philosopher (Scottish common sense) was born on December - 22.  

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  Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician (d. 1825) was born on December - 22.  

1767  Andreas Hofer, South Tirol, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France) was born on December - 22.  

1768  John Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher was born on December - 22.  

1787  On this day in history birth of rasmus Rask, Denmark, language scholar  

1795  Thomas Ainsworth, English/Neth industrialist (Twentse textile) was born on this day in history.  

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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 December - 22 death of bluebeard, pirate, executed  

1550  Death of Richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III on this day in history.  

1603  Mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37 on this day in history.  

1646  Death of Peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596) on December - 22.  

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