Events & Holidays In December - 22
Friday, 26 July 2024
Army Day (Vietnam)
Las Posadas (9 days) (Mexico)
Winter Solstice Holiday (Hong Kong)
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 On this day in history birth of jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer
1459 Djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II was born on this day in history.
1515 On this day in history birth of mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland
1523 On this day in history birth of charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen
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 John XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies on this day in history.
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 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)