Famous Birthdays In December - 22

1803  On this day in history birth of joseph King Fenno Mansfield, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1862   

1805  John Obadiah Westwood, British entomologist (d. 1893) was born on this day in history.   

1807  On December - 22 birth of johann Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian poet (d. 1873)   

1808  On this day in history birth of thomas Cook, England, tour director (Thomas Cook & Son)   

1809  On this day in history birth of benedict Augustin Morel, Vienna, Fren psychologist (dementia praecox)   

1812  On this day in history birth of johanne Luise Heiberg, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Romeo & Juliet)   

1815  On this day in history birth of johann J Bachofen, Swiss judicial historian   

1815  On December - 22 birth of lucien Petipa, French dancer/choreographer/ballet leader   

1819  On December - 22 birth of franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer/choir conductor   

1819  On this day in history birth of george Eliot, England, Victorian novelist (Adam Bede)   

1819  Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician (d. 1892) was born on this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history birth of giovanni Bottesini, composer   

1826  James Scott Negley, (Union volunteers Major General, died in 1901) was born on this day in history.   

1830  On December - 22 birth of justin M'Carthy, Ireland, Irish politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope)   

1831  On December - 22 birth of mark Rutherford, writer   

1831  On December - 22 birth of robert Ogden Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1874   

1832  On December - 22 birth of edward Hatch, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1889   

1842  On this day in history birth of jose Maria de Heredia, Cuba, French sonnet poet   

1842  On December - 22 birth of nicola d' Arienzo, composer   

1844  On this day in history birth of izydor Lotto, composer   

1846  Andreas Hallen, composer was born on this day in history.   

1849  On December - 22 birth of fritz Mauthner, Bohemia, German author/philosopher (skepticism)   

1853  Maria Teresa Carreno, composer was born on this day in history.   

1853  Yevgraf Fyodorov, Russian mathematician (d. 1919) was born on December - 22.   

1856  On December - 22 birth of frank Kellogg, Sec of State (1925-29), try to outlaw war (Nobel 1929)   

1857  George [Robert] Gissing, England, novelist was born on December - 22.   

1858  Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer (d. 1924) was born on December - 22.   

1859  On this day in history birth of cecil [James] Sharp, London England, folk musician   

1860  On December - 22 birth of austin Norman Palmer, American penmanship innovator (d. 1927)   

1861  Erich Schaeder, German theologist (Theocentric Theology) was born on December - 22.   

1862  On this day in history birth of connie Mack, HOF baseball executive/manager (Phila A's 1900-1950)   

1863  On this day in history birth of ch'i Pai-shih, China, traditional Chinese painter   

1863  Jean-Baptiste Marchand, Thoissey France, soldier/explorer (Sudan) was born on December - 22.   

1866  On this day in history birth of mieczyslaw Surzynski, composer   

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1100  On this day in history death of duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia   

1337  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1440  Death of Bluebeard, pirate, executed on this day in history.   

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

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