Famous Deaths In December - 22

1100  Death of Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 December - 22.  

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)  

1668  On December - 22 stephen Day, 1st British colonial printer, dies  

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

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

1721  On December - 22 death of nathaniel Hawes, tortured & executed in England for robbery  

1723  Jacques Basnage, French/Dutch historian/vicar, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1738  On December - 22 jean-Joseph Mouret, composer, dies at 56  

1745  Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer, dies at 66 on December - 22.  

1767  John Newberry, English publisher, dies on December - 22.  

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

1815  Death of Jose Maria Morelos, Mexican revolutionary priest executed by Spaniards on this day in history.  

1828  On this day in history rachel Jackson, wife of 7th US pres Andrew Jackson, dies  

1832  On December - 22 ishmail Spicer, composer, dies at 72  

1863  Michael Corcoran, Union brig-general, dies at 36 on this day in history.  

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

1870  On this day in history constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educator, dies at 46 [NS=Jan 3 1871]  

1874  On this day in history johann Peter Pixis, composer, dies at 86  

1875  Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer, dies at 75 on December - 22.  

1880  On December - 22 george Eliot, Victorian novelist (Adam Bede), dies on 61st birthday  

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

1899  Dwight L Moody, US evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement), dies on this day in history.  

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

1908  On December - 22 marie Jungius, Dutch teacher/fairy tale writer, dies at 44  

1913  On this day in history menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913), dies at 69  

1917  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 December - 22 birth of jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer  

1459  Djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II was born on this day in history.  

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.