Famous Birthdays In December - 22

1095  On this day in history birth of roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)  

1178  On this day in history birth of emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)  

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 this day in history.  

1452  Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer was born on December - 22.  

1459  On this day in history birth of djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II  

1515  On this day in history birth of mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland  

1523  Charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen was born on December - 22.  

1546  On December - 22 birth of kuroda Yoshitaka, Japanese Daimyo (d. 1604)  

1550  Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher (d. 1631) was born on this day in history.  

1573  On this day in history birth of ernst Casimir, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia/Groningen  

1624  On this day in history birth of tomas Micieres, composer  

1639  On December - 22 birth of jean Racine, French dramatist (d. 1699)  

1643  On this day in history birth of rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, France, French explorer (Louisiana)  

1666  Guru Gobind Singh, Sikh guru (d. 1708) was born on December - 22.  

1684  Johann J Dillenius, [Dillen], German botanist (Historia Muscorum) was born on this day in history.  

1690  Meidingnu Pamheiba, King of Manipur (d. 1751) was born on this day in history.  

1694  Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.  

1696  James Oglethorpe, England, General/author/colonizer (Georgia) was born on this day in history.  

1700  Egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent was born on this day in history.  

1702  On December - 22 birth of jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Madame d'Epinay)  

1710  Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach was born on December - 22.  

1723  Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer was born on December - 22.  

1727  William Ellery, US attorney/signer (Declar of Independence) was born on this day in history.  

1728  Charles Frederick, Baden, liberal ruler of Baden was born on this day in history.  

1744  Abigail Adams, Weymouth Mass, 2nd first lady (1797-1801) was born on December - 22.  

1753  On this day in history birth of dugald Stewart, Edinburgh Scot, philosopher (Scottish common sense)  

1761  On December - 22 birth of dorothea Jordan, Ireland, French comedic actress  

1764  Barbara Juliane Krudener, Latvia, mystic visionary renounced nobility was born on this day in history.  

1765  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician (d. 1825)  

1767  On December - 22 birth of andreas Hofer, South Tirol, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France)  

1768  On December - 22 birth of john Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher  

1787  On this day in history birth of rasmus Rask, Denmark, language scholar  

1795  Thomas Ainsworth, English/Neth industrialist (Twentse textile) was born on this day in history.  

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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  On December - 22 death of richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III  

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

1646  On December - 22 death of peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596)  

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