Historical Events In December - 22

1894  On December - 22 french officer Alfred Dreyfus court-martialed for treason, triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism (Dreyfus later vindicated)  

1894  French officer, Alfred Dreyfus, found guilty of selling secrets to Germany on this day in history.  

1894  -23] Dutch coast hit by hurricane on December - 22.  

1895  On December - 22 wilhelm Rontgen, the German physicist, makes the first ever X-ray of his wife's hand  

1896  On December - 22 nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, St Petersburg Russia, poet  

1897  Bering Sea Claims Commission recommends US pay Canadian sealers $463,454; to compensate for seizure of vessels on December - 22.  

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

1900  A new 35-horsepower car built by Daimler from a design by Emil Jellinek was completed. The car was named for Jellinek's daughter, Mercedes on December - 22.  

1902  Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist, dies at 62 on December - 22.  

1907  On this day in history saint-Saëns/Fokines ballet "Le Cygne," premieres in St Petersburg  

1908  On this day in history marie Jungius, Dutch teacher/fairy tale writer, dies at 44  

1910  US postal savings stamps first issued on December - 22.  

1910  US postal savings stamps 1st issued on December - 22.  

1913  On this day in history menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913), dies at 69  

1915  Federal Baseball League disolved on December - 22.  

1917  On this day in history flanders declares it's independence, under Pieter Tack  

1917  Francesca Saveria Cabrini, US saint/patron of immigrant, dies at 67 on December - 22.  

1918  On this day in history albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter, dies at 83  

1919  On December - 22 uS deports 250 alien radicals  

1919  Government of Ireland Act of Power (Home Rule for Ireland) on this day in history.  

1922  On December - 22 montreal Quebec official opening of the Mount Royal Hotel, with 1.046 rooms.  

1922  Belgian parliament rejects Dutch university in Ghent on this day in history.  

1923  Bill Ponsford & Edgar Mayne make 456 opening stand for Vict on December - 22.  

1923  Arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67 on December - 22.  

1924  On December - 22 babe Dye of NHL's Toronto St Patricks scores 5 goals beat Bruins 10-2  

1930  On this day in history 6 West europe lands signs Convention of Oslo  

1934  On this day in history 1st flight from Netherland to Curacao (Christmas flight 1934)  

1935  On December - 22 yaeko Iwasaki, student of D S Harada Roshi, 1st awakening in Kamakura  

1936  On this day in history the birth of James Burke, British writer  

1936  The initial common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa on this day in history.  

1936  On this day in history 1st common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa  

1937  On this day in history lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic  

1937  On this day in history lincoln Tunnel (NYC) opens to traffic  

1937  Daito Kokushi, Zen founder of Daitokuji, dies in Kyoto at 55 on this day in history.  

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

1100  Death of Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on December - 22.  

1337  Daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1419  On December - 22 john XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies  

1440  Death of Bluebeard, pirate, executed on December - 22.  

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  Death of Peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596) on this day in history.  

1660  Death of André Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612) on December - 22.