Famous Deaths Happened 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  John XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies on December - 22.   

1440  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1660  On December - 22 death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)   

1668  Stephen Day, 1st British colonial printer, dies on December - 22.   

1681  Death of Richard Alleine, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1611) on this day in history.   

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

1721  Death of Nathaniel Hawes, tortured & executed in England for robbery on this day in history.   

1723  Jacques Basnage, French/Dutch historian/vicar, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1738  Jean-Joseph Mouret, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1745  Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer, dies at 66 on December - 22.   

1767  John Newberry, English publisher, dies on this day in history.   

1788  Death of Percivall Pott, English physician and surgeon (b. 1714) on this day in history.   

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

1806  Death of William Vernon, American merchant (b. 1719) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1867  Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician (kinematics), dies at 79 on December - 22.   

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 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 December - 22.   

1893  Benedikt Randhartinger, composer, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1899  Dwight L Moody, US evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement), dies on December - 22.   

1902  On this day in history richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist, dies at 62   

1908  Marie Jungius, Dutch teacher/fairy tale writer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1913  Menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history francesca Saveria Cabrini, US saint/patron of immigrant, dies at 67   

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1095  On this day in history birth of roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)   

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

1400  On December - 22 birth of luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden)   

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

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

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