Famous Deaths In December - 22

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  On this day in history john XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies   

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

1550  On this day in history death of richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III   

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 this day in history.   

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

1668  Stephen Day, 1st British colonial printer, dies on this day in history.   

1681  Death of Richard Alleine, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1611) on this day in history.   

1708  Death of Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (b. 1681) on this day in history.   

1721  Death of Nathaniel Hawes, tortured & executed in England for robbery on December - 22.   

1723  On this day in history jacques Basnage, French/Dutch historian/vicar, dies at 70   

1738  On this day in history jean-Joseph Mouret, composer, dies at 56   

1745  Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1767  John Newberry, English publisher, dies on this day in history.   

1788  Death of Percivall Pott, English physician and surgeon (b. 1714) on this day in history.   

1797  Giovanni Marco Rutini, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1806  Death of William Vernon, American merchant (b. 1719) on December - 22.   

1815  On this day in history death of jose Maria Morelos, Mexican revolutionary priest executed by Spaniards   

1828  Rachel Jackson, wife of 7th US pres Andrew Jackson, dies on December - 22.   

1832  Ishmail Spicer, composer, dies at 72 on December - 22.   

1863  Michael Corcoran, Union brig-general, dies at 36 on December - 22.   

1867  On this day in history jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician (kinematics), dies at 79   

1870  Constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educator, dies at 46 [NS=Jan 3 1871] on December - 22.   

1874  On December - 22 johann Peter Pixis, composer, dies at 86   

1875  On this day in history nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer, dies at 75   

1880  On this day in history george Eliot, Victorian novelist (Adam Bede), dies on 61st birthday   

1893  On this day in history benedikt Randhartinger, composer, dies at 91   

1899  On this day in history dwight L Moody, US evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement), dies   

1902  Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1908  Marie Jungius, Dutch teacher/fairy tale writer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1913  Menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913), dies at 69 on December - 22.   

1917  On this day in history francesca Saveria Cabrini, US saint/patron of immigrant, dies at 67   

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1095  On December - 22 birth of roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)   

1178  On December - 22 birth of emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)   

1400  On December - 22 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 this day in history.   

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