Famous Deaths In December - 22

1100  On December - 22 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 December - 22.  

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

1550  On this day in history 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 December - 22.  

1668  Stephen Day, 1st British colonial printer, dies on December - 22.  

1681  On this day in history death of richard Alleine, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1611)  

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1708  On December - 22 death of hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (b. 1681)  

1721  On this day in history death of nathaniel Hawes, tortured & executed in England for robbery  

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  On this day in history jan Dismas Zelenka, composer, dies at 66  

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

1788  On December - 22 death of percivall Pott, English physician and surgeon (b. 1714)  

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

1806  On this day in history death of william Vernon, American merchant (b. 1719)  

1815  Death of Jose Maria Morelos, Mexican revolutionary priest executed by Spaniards on December - 22.  

1828  On December - 22 rachel Jackson, wife of 7th US pres Andrew Jackson, dies  

1832  Ishmail Spicer, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1863  On December - 22 michael Corcoran, Union brig-general, dies at 36  

1867  Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician (kinematics), dies at 79 on December - 22.  

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  Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer, dies at 75 on December - 22.  

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

1893  On December - 22 benedikt Randhartinger, composer, dies at 91  

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

1902  On this day in history richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist, dies at 62  

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 this day in history.  

1917  On December - 22 francesca Saveria Cabrini, US saint/patron of immigrant, dies at 67  

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1095  Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154) was born on December - 22.  

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  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 this day in history.