Famous Birthdays In December - 22

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

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 this day in history.  

1428  Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury was born on December - 22.  

1452  On this day in history birth of jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer  

1459  Djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II was born on December - 22.  

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  Kuroda Yoshitaka, Japanese Daimyo (d. 1604) was born on December - 22.  

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

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1573  Ernst Casimir, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia/Groningen was born on December - 22.  

1624  Tomas Micieres, composer was born on December - 22.  

1639  Jean Racine, French dramatist (d. 1699) was born on this day in history.  

1643  Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, France, French explorer (Louisiana) was born on December - 22.  

1666  Guru Gobind Singh, Sikh guru (d. 1708) was born on this day in history.  

1684  On this day in history birth of johann J Dillenius, [Dillen], German botanist (Historia Muscorum)  

1690  On this day in history birth of meidingnu Pamheiba, King of Manipur (d. 1751)  

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

1696  On this day in history birth of james Oglethorpe, England, General/author/colonizer (Georgia)  

1700  Egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent was born on December - 22.  

1702  Jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Madame d'Epinay) was born on this day in history.  

1710  Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach was born on this day in history.  

1723  Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer was born on this day in history.  

1727  On this day in history birth of william Ellery, US attorney/signer (Declar of Independence)  

1728  Charles Frederick, Baden, liberal ruler of Baden was born on December - 22.  

1744  On December - 22 birth of abigail Adams, Weymouth Mass, 2nd first lady (1797-1801)  

1753  Dugald Stewart, Edinburgh Scot, philosopher (Scottish common sense) was born on this day in history.  

1761  Dorothea Jordan, Ireland, French comedic actress was born on December - 22.  

1764  On this day in history birth of barbara Juliane Krudener, Latvia, mystic visionary renounced nobility  

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

1767  Andreas Hofer, South Tirol, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France) was born on December - 22.  

1768  John Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher was born on December - 22.  

1787  Rasmus Rask, Denmark, language scholar was born on December - 22.  

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

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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  On December - 22 death of bluebeard, pirate, executed  

1550  On December - 22 death of richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III  

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  Death of André Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612) on this day in history.