Historical Events In December - 22

1894  On this day in history french officer Alfred Dreyfus court-martialed for treason, triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism (Dreyfus later vindicated)  

1894  On December - 22 french officer, Alfred Dreyfus, found guilty of selling secrets to Germany  

1894  On December - 22 -23] Dutch coast hit by hurricane  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history uS postal savings stamps first issued  

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  On December - 22 federal Baseball League disolved  

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

1917  On this day in history francesca Saveria Cabrini, US saint/patron of immigrant, dies at 67  

1918  Albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

1935  Yaeko Iwasaki, student of D S Harada Roshi, 1st awakening in Kamakura on December - 22.  

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

1936  On this day in history the initial common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa  

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

1937  Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic on this day in history.  

1937  Lincoln Tunnel (NYC) opens to traffic on this day in history.  

1937  On December - 22 daito Kokushi, Zen founder of Daitokuji, dies in Kyoto at 55  

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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 this day in history 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  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  On December - 22 birth of charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen  

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 December - 22.  

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

1440  On December - 22 death of bluebeard, pirate, executed  

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

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

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 this day in history.