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  On this day in history french officer, Alfred Dreyfus, found guilty of selling secrets to Germany  

1894  -23] Dutch coast hit by hurricane on this day in history.  

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

1896  Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, St Petersburg Russia, poet on this day in history.  

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

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

1900  On this day in history 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.  

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

1907  On December - 22 saint-Saëns/Fokines ballet "Le Cygne," premieres in St Petersburg  

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

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

1910  On December - 22 uS postal savings stamps 1st issued  

1913  Menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1915  Federal Baseball League disolved on December - 22.  

1917  On December - 22 flanders declares it's independence, under Pieter Tack  

1917  On December - 22 francesca Saveria Cabrini, US saint/patron of immigrant, dies at 67  

1918  Albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter, dies at 83 on December - 22.  

1919  US deports 250 alien radicals on December - 22.  

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

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

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

1923  On December - 22 bill Ponsford & Edgar Mayne make 456 opening stand for Vict  

1923  On December - 22 arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67  

1924  Babe Dye of NHL's Toronto St Patricks scores 5 goals beat Bruins 10-2 on December - 22.  

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

1934  1st flight from Netherland to Curacao (Christmas flight 1934) on December - 22.  

1935  Yaeko Iwasaki, student of D S Harada Roshi, 1st awakening in Kamakura on this day in history.  

1936  The birth of James Burke, British writer on December - 22.  

1936  On December - 22 the initial common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa  

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

1937  Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic on December - 22.  

1937  On December - 22 lincoln Tunnel (NYC) opens to traffic  

1937  Daito Kokushi, Zen founder of Daitokuji, dies in Kyoto at 55 on December - 22.  

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1095  Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154) was born on December - 22.  

1178  On December - 22 birth of emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)  

1400  Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) was born on December - 22.  

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

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

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  On December - 22 death of duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia  

1337  On December - 22 daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54  

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

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

1550  Death of Richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III on December - 22.  

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  On this day in history death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)