Famous Birthdays In December - 22

1095  On December - 22 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  Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) was born on this day in history.  

1428  On this day in history birth of richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury  

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  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.  

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

1550  On this day in history birth of cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher (d. 1631)  

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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  Jean Racine, French dramatist (d. 1699) was born on December - 22.  

1643  On December - 22 birth of rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, France, French explorer (Louisiana)  

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  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 December - 22.  

1700  On December - 22 birth of egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent  

1702  On this day in history birth of jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Madame d'Epinay)  

1710  On this day in history birth of wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach  

1723  On this day in history birth of carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer  

1727  On December - 22 birth of william Ellery, US attorney/signer (Declar of Independence)  

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 this day in history.  

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 December - 22 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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  John XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies on December - 22.  

1440  Death of Bluebeard, pirate, executed on December - 22.  

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

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 December - 22.  

1660  On December - 22 death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)