Events & Holidays In December - 22
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
Army Day (Vietnam)
Las Posadas (9 days) (Mexico)
Winter Solstice Holiday (Hong Kong)
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Army Day (Vietnam)
Las Posadas (9 days) (Mexico)
Winter Solstice Holiday (Hong Kong)
1095 On this day in history birth of roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)
1178 Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185) was born on this day in history.
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 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 this day in history.
1100 Death of Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on this day in history.
1337 Daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54 on this day in history.
1419 On this day in history john XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies
1440 On this day in history 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 Mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37 on this day in history.
1646 Death of Peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596) on this day in history.
1660 On this day in history death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)