Famous Deaths Happened In December - 22

1100  Death of Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on December - 22.   

1337  On December - 22 daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54   

1419  John XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies on this day in history.   

1440  On December - 22 death of bluebeard, pirate, executed   

1550  On December - 22 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)   

1668  On this day in history stephen Day, 1st British colonial printer, dies   

1681  Death of Richard Alleine, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1611) on December - 22.   

1708  Death of Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (b. 1681) on this day in history.   

1721  On this day in history death of nathaniel Hawes, tortured & executed in England for robbery   

1723  On this day in history jacques Basnage, French/Dutch historian/vicar, dies at 70   

1738  On December - 22 jean-Joseph Mouret, composer, dies at 56   

1745  On this day in history jan Dismas Zelenka, composer, dies at 66   

1767  John Newberry, English publisher, dies on December - 22.   

1788  On December - 22 death of percivall Pott, English physician and surgeon (b. 1714)   

1797  On this day in history giovanni Marco Rutini, composer, dies at 74   

1806  Death of William Vernon, American merchant (b. 1719) on December - 22.   

1815  On December - 22 death of jose Maria Morelos, Mexican revolutionary priest executed by Spaniards   

1828  On this day in history rachel Jackson, wife of 7th US pres Andrew Jackson, dies   

1832  Ishmail Spicer, composer, dies at 72 on December - 22.   

1863  Michael Corcoran, Union brig-general, dies at 36 on December - 22.   

1867  On this day in history jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician (kinematics), dies at 79   

1870  Constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educator, dies at 46 [NS=Jan 3 1871] on December - 22.   

1874  Johann Peter Pixis, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1875  On December - 22 nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer, dies at 75   

1880  George Eliot, Victorian novelist (Adam Bede), dies on 61st birthday on this day in history.   

1893  Benedikt Randhartinger, composer, dies at 91 on December - 22.   

1899  On this day in history dwight L Moody, US evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement), dies   

1902  Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist, dies at 62 on December - 22.   

1908  On December - 22 marie Jungius, Dutch teacher/fairy tale writer, dies at 44   

1913  On this day in history menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913), dies at 69   

1917  On December - 22 francesca Saveria Cabrini, US saint/patron of immigrant, dies at 67   

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1095  Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154) was born on December - 22.   

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 December - 22.   

1428  Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury was born on December - 22.   

1452  Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer was born on December - 22.   

1459  Djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II was born on December - 22.   

1515  On this day in history birth of mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland   

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