Historical Events In December - 22

0401  On December - 22 st Innocent I begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

0795  On this day in history leo III succeeds pope Adrianus I   

1022  Elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996) on this day in history.   

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

1135  On this day in history norman nobles recognize Stefanus van Blois as English king   

1193  On this day in history saladin, Kurdish sultan (b. 1137)   

1216  Pope Honorius III delegates degree "Religiosam vitam eligentibus" on December - 22.   

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

1400  On this day in history luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden)   

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

1428  Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury on this day in history.   

1440  Bluebeard, pirate, executed on December - 22.   

1452  Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer on this day in history.   

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

1465  On December - 22 peace of St Truiden: Louis van Bourbon becomes bishop of Luik   

1515  On this day in history mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland   

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

1536  English scholar Reginald Pole appointed cardinal on December - 22.   

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

1573  On this day in history ernst Casimir, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia/Groningen   

1596  On December - 22 ferryboat Meuniers crashes in Paris, 150 die   

1603  On December - 22 mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37   

1624  Tomas Micieres, composer on this day in history.   

1639  On this day in history the birth of Jean Racine, French playwright   

1642  Pope Urbanus VIII publishes degree In eminente on December - 22.   

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  On this day in history johann J Dillenius, [Dillen], German botanist (Historia Muscorum)   

1688  Pro-James II, Earl of Danby occupies York on this day in history.   

1689  On this day in history heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck   

1696  James Oglethorpe, England, General/author/colonizer (Georgia) on this day in history.   

1700  On December - 22 egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent   

1702  On December - 22 jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Madame d'Epinay)   

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

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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  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 December - 22.   

1452  Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer was born on this day in history.   

1459  On this day in history birth of djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II   

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.   

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 this day in history.   

1419  John XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies on December - 22.   

1440  On December - 22 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  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)