Famous Deaths In December - 22

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  Death of Bluebeard, pirate, executed on this day in history.  

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

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

1646  On December - 22 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  Stephen Day, 1st British colonial printer, dies on December - 22.  

1681  On December - 22 death of richard Alleine, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1611)  

1708  Death of Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (b. 1681) on December - 22.  

1721  Death of Nathaniel Hawes, tortured & executed in England for robbery on December - 22.  

1723  On December - 22 jacques Basnage, French/Dutch historian/vicar, dies at 70  

1738  On this day in history jean-Joseph Mouret, composer, dies at 56  

1745  On December - 22 jan Dismas Zelenka, composer, dies at 66  

1767  On December - 22 john Newberry, English publisher, dies  

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

1797  On December - 22 giovanni Marco Rutini, composer, dies at 74  

1806  On December - 22 death of william Vernon, American merchant (b. 1719)  

1815  On this day in history death of jose Maria Morelos, Mexican revolutionary priest executed by Spaniards  

1828  Rachel Jackson, wife of 7th US pres Andrew Jackson, dies on December - 22.  

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

1863  On December - 22 michael Corcoran, Union brig-general, dies at 36  

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

1870  On December - 22 constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educator, dies at 46 [NS=Jan 3 1871]  

1874  Johann Peter Pixis, composer, dies at 86 on December - 22.  

1875  Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer, dies at 75 on December - 22.  

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

1893  On this day in history benedikt Randhartinger, composer, dies at 91  

1899  On December - 22 dwight L Moody, US evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement), dies  

1902  Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1908  On this day in history marie Jungius, Dutch teacher/fairy tale writer, dies at 44  

1913  Menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913), dies at 69 on December - 22.  

1917  Francesca Saveria Cabrini, US saint/patron of immigrant, dies at 67 on December - 22.  

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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 December - 22.  

1428  On December - 22 birth of richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury  

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

1459  On December - 22 birth of djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II  

1515  On December - 22 birth of mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland  

1523  Charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen was born on this day in history.