Historical Events In April - 22

1674  Netherlands & Munster sign peace treaty on April - 22.   

1676  On April - 22 battle of Etna   

1677  On April - 22 battle at Catania: between French & Dutch fleet   

1682  On April - 22 willem I Kerricx the Young, Flemish architect/sculptor/painter   

1690  On this day in history john Carteret, Earl Granville (C), English chief minister (1722-42)   

1692  On this day in history edward Bishop is jailed for proposong flogging as cure for witchcraft   

1699  On this day in history hans A baron von Abschatz, Silesian poet, dies at 53   

1707  Henry Fielding, England, novelist (Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones) on April - 22.   

1722  On April - 22 19 VOC "komplotteurs" in Batavia executed   

1722  Pieter Erberfeld, German/Thais merchant on Java, dies on this day in history.   

1724  On April - 22 the birth of Immanuel Kant, German philosopher   

1724  On this day in history immanuel Kant, Konigsberg Germ, philosopher (Critique of Pure Reason)   

1728  On this day in history pierre de Marivaux' "Le Triomphe de Plutus," premieres in Paris   

1766  On April - 22 the birth of Madame de Stael, French writer   

1769  Madame du Barry becomes King Louis XV's "official" mistress on this day in history.   

1773  On April - 22 jean V baron de Rebecque, Swiss/Dutch army leader   

1775  On this day in history georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen)   

1776  On this day in history johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67   

1778  Captain John Paul Jones of Ranger led landing party raid on Whitehaven, England on April - 22.   

1778  James Hargreaves, inventor (spinning jenny), dies on April - 22.   

1781  Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber, composer on this day in history.   

1782  On this day in history josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer, dies at 66   

1788  On April - 22 zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch poet, dies 46   

1793  Pres Washington attends opening of Rickett's, 1st circus in US on April - 22.   

1796  Napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi on April - 22.   

1799  On April - 22 jean Poiseuille, physician/physiologist (blood pressure)   

1804  Gioacchino Rossini (12) performs in Imola on this day in history.   

1809  Battle at Eckmuhl on this day in history.   

1816  On this day in history philip James Bailey, English poet (Festus)   

1817  On April - 22 curacao prohibits use of white paint due to fierce sunlight   

1818  Cadwallader Colden Washburn, Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1821  John Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher, dies at 52 on April - 22.   

1823  Baltic Club (Exchange) forms in London on April - 22.   

1823  On this day in history alfred Gibbs, Major General (Union Army), died in 1868   

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1357  On April - 22 birth of johan I, King of Portugal (1383-1433)   

1451  On this day in history birth of isabella I, of Castile, Queen of Spain (1479-1504), patron of Columbus   

1610  On April - 22 birth of alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italy, lawyer/Pope (1689-91)   

1640  Mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun was born on this day in history.   

1658  On this day in history birth of giuseppe Torelli, Italy, composer (Concert Grossi op 8)   

1682  Willem I Kerricx the Young, Flemish architect/sculptor/painter was born on April - 22.   

1690  On April - 22 birth of john Carteret, Earl Granville (C), English chief minister (1722-42)   

1692  On April - 22 birth of james Stirling, Scottish mathematician (d. 1770)   

0296  Death of Pope Caius on April - 22.   

0536  On April - 22 agapitus I, Italian Pope (535-36), dies   

1253  On this day in history elias van Cortona, Italian general (1232-39), dies at about 53   

1355  Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward II, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1462  On this day in history gilbert of Lannoy, master of Villerval/Tronchiennes/Santes, dies   

1521  On this day in history death of juan de Padilla, Spanish nobleman/communero-rebel, beheaded   

1592  Bartolommeo Ammanati, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 80 on April - 22.   

1648  Catharina Belgian van Nassau, daughter of Willem, dies at 69 on this day in history.