Famous Deaths In December - 22

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

1337  Daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54 on December - 22.   

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

1440  Death of Bluebeard, pirate, executed on this day in history.   

1550  On December - 22 death of richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III   

1603  Mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37 on December - 22.   

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  On December - 22 stephen Day, 1st British colonial printer, dies   

1681  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of nathaniel Hawes, tortured & executed in England for robbery   

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

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

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  Giovanni Marco Rutini, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

1815  Death of Jose Maria Morelos, Mexican revolutionary priest executed by Spaniards on December - 22.   

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

1832  Ishmail Spicer, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history michael Corcoran, Union brig-general, dies at 36   

1867  Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician (kinematics), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history george Eliot, Victorian novelist (Adam Bede), dies on 61st birthday   

1893  On December - 22 benedikt Randhartinger, composer, dies at 91   

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

1902  On December - 22 richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist, dies at 62   

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

1913  On December - 22 menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913), dies at 69   

1917  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1178  Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185) was born on December - 22.   

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

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