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Historical Events Happened In December - 22

Wednesday, 22 May 2013

1100 Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on this day in history.

1135 Norman nobles recognize Stefanus van Blois as English king on this day in history.

1216 Pope Honorius III delegates degree "Religiosam vitam eligentibus" on this day in history.

1337 On this day in history daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54

1400 Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) on this day in history.

1419 On this day in history john XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies

1428 On this day in history richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury

1440 On this day in history bluebeard, pirate, executed

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

1459 Djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II on this day in history.

1465 On this day in history peace of St Truiden: Louis van Bourbon becomes bishop of Luik

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

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

1536 On this day in history english scholar Reginald Pole appointed cardinal

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

1573 Ernst Casimir, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia/Groningen on this day in history.

1596 On this day in history ferryboat Meuniers crashes in Paris, 150 die

1603 Mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37 on this day in history.

1624 Tomas Micieres, composer on this day in history.

1639 The birth of Jean Racine, French playwright on this day in history.

1642 Pope Urbanus VIII publishes degree In eminente on this day in history.

1643 Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, France, French explorer (Louisiana) on this day in history.

1668 Stephen Day, 1st British colonial printer, dies on this day in history.

1684 Johann J Dillenius, [Dillen], German botanist (Historia Muscorum) on this day in history.

1688 On this day in history pro-James II, Earl of Danby occupies York

1689 Heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck on this day in history.

1696 On this day in history james Oglethorpe, England, General/author/colonizer (Georgia)

1700 Egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent on this day in history.

1702 Jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Madame d'Epinay) on this day in history.

1710 On this day in history wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach

1715 On this day in history english pretender to the throne James III lands at Peterhead

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

1723 Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer on this day in history.

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

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Famous Birthdays In December - 22

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1095 Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154) was born on this day in history.

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 this day in history.

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 On this day in history birth of djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II

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 this day in history.

Famous Deaths In December - 22

Famous People Died On This Day In History

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 this day in history.

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

1550 On this day in history 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 Death of André Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612) on this day in history.